Category: Words
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Samsara
…Indeed, we can say that this whole cycle really has no beginning and no end, because our very notions of past, present, and future are part of samsara…Although the light of reality is ever present, ignorance chooses to remain blind. The nature of this blindness is to believe in the existence of a separate, independent…
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Elegance v. Grace
It’s everywhere and it seems like everyone’s talking about it. So, how come? Why are so many of us drawn to Yoga? Yoga has clearly withstood the test of time, right? So many styles and venues, just about everyone can find their niche. I recently read an article declaring that a lot has…
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Better Recognize…
The mind of the room and the consciousness, once we explore something, tell us where we are. It’s not our cognition but it’s our cortical cells recognizing the consciousness rather than directing the consciousness. We are not using our cortical cells to direct the experience but rather to be aware of the experience and recognize…
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Mandala
On that night, too excited to sleep, infinite possibilities seemed to swirl above me. I stared up at the plaster ceiling as I had done as a child. It seemed to me that the vibrating patterns overhead were sliding into place. The mandala of my life. -Patti Smith
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The Keys
(…zim zimma…) there’s little (no) curiosity in the confirmation of what is already known… what’s so grand about being right, anyway?
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Cosmopolitania in Spring
We find a path by carving it out of the conditions of our lives. Though we hope that religious practices and spiritual teachings will draw us out of sorrow and into an eternally steady and calm state, attention to the body anchors us in the actuality of present experience whether painful, lonely, sad, or joyful. …
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