How does it feel today? You are alive … You are present … You are clear … Joy sits at the core of you and you know it’s always here. You are eternal … You are free … You are deeply, profoundly loved by God … You feel all of this … So, how does …
“True Dharma is the Dharma of as-it-isness, where not even a thought of consciousness is working. It is ‘it’, or the truth that transcends space and time” – Zenkai Shibayama The other day I came across a powerful 4 step process created by Buddhist Teacher, Tara Brach, which I see as a simple yet valuable …
There’s an emptiness here. Once I used to fear it, run from it, desperately try to fill it … with something, anything. Now, the emptiness is somehow full and complete and resolved, and I am at peace with it. I now see it as a spaciousness, and in this spaciousness: Presence, God’s Presence. So much …
Don’t go looking for, Stay with looking at … Resist the temptation to seek more Simply rest in what is directly before you. Breath in … see it, look and see it, then, when seen … no more. Breath in … new, fresh, clear … This moment … Again, the only practice if we can …
You reached down The branch moved, just a bit, I did notice … I looked, and heard you whisper Isn’t it always like this? In the most unsuspecting moments You pull me out of my reverie And here You are before me Right in the middle of it all. And I’m always taken by surprise …
Water falls … Rock climbs … Mind sits … Breath breathes … Pen moves … I think … Who Am I ? Emptiness stuns … Mirror calls … Water falls …
Every breath is God’s breath whether we breathe it consciously or not. So, with each breath we find this gift, this profound opportunity to be with the Presence, to participate in the “seeing” through these very eyes, through God’s eyes. There comes a moment when there’s nothing left to do but to make oneself clear …
Could anything be sweeter than this? Looking out I feel the joy of these sacred gardens (Chinese Friendship Gardens) right in the heart of crazy whirling Sydney … an oasis of serenity and stillness … everything reflecting God’s presence … right in the middle of this endless pursuit of more and bigger lies this conscious …
You came to me the other night to remind me of the importance of caring and connection. You sat quietly in that precious space of pure being … interbeing. And I sat quietly with you, mostly in silence and stillness. You gently reminded me that one of the primary awakenings on the path was to …
