Nobody Home (Except The Dog)

The amazing thing about genuine presence is that it implies an absence of absence. Nothing + nothing = something (?!)

I mean sincerely and (I hope) optimistically:

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it’s another train coming.

We can’t stand around waiting for the diving board to push us. “Just dive in.” Okay? Don’t trust me? That’s okay, you stay right there, I’ll be right here. Do what you like.

Challenge your assumptions. They form our views, subsequently guide our actions. Every once in a while, clean them up, keep things clear.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

(Eden Phillpotts)

Which mask will you wear today? Friend? Lover? Mother? Servant? Try them all. None belong to me.

The more I wonder at death, the more I love life, the less I become attached to anything that gateless community of love.

You can give it away for free.

A life begins once one begins to accept radical, wild uncertainty.

If you can’t find the truth right here and now, where do you expect it to be? We’re all just walking each other home.

We are children in a supernova.

Our suffering is rooted in the desire for permanence and aversion toward impermanence. It is not my position to solve the suffering of another. It is my job to understand and find out more, to listen, to practice being in truth. What is our relationship in this very moment? Who are we?

These things are wildly interdependent. It’s more than coming and going, it’s life. I’m accepting anonymous feedback; listening to bird calls, lawn mowers, airplanes, blowers and sirens; lost, losing, loosening…

Fishing for inspiration.

Without courage, wisdom can bear no fruit.

In this first moment, there is nothing to lose. Only with a second moment — and a third, and so on — we begin to end. In this first moment, everything is as it is.

// Precise action meets equanimous silence //

To take bitter medicine, wash it down with something sweet.

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mantras:

Sab sukha lahai tumhārī śaraṇā

Tum rakṣhaka kāhū ko dara nā

“All happiness is within your refuge, protected and without fear.”

ॐ नम: शिवाय ॐ राम राम