To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. William Blake, from Auguries of Innocence One day a few years back, I took a friend's headshot photo. They wanted "something outdoors,...
Sayadaw U Pandita came to Barre to teach a three-month retreat when I first met him. As a student, I diligently wrote down brief notes after each period of sitting and walking meditation. I wanted to describe my experiences clearly in our interviews. When I began...
When your mind is filled with love, send it in one direction, then a second, a third, and a fourth, then above, and then below. Identify with everything, without hatred, resentment, anger, or enmity. This mind of love is very wide. It grows immeasurably and...
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't. Alfred Korzybski Most of us have at least something we do that doesn't fit in with who we'd like to be, and how we'd like to be seen by the world, or God, or by our higher...
Attending to Our Thoughts The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings. As the shadow follows the...
All you need is already within you, you must only approach yourself with reverence and love. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That People only see what they are prepared to see. Ralph Waldo Emerson Though many men and women have had the experience of spontaneous enlightenment - Sri Ramana Maharshi,...
Enlightenment can be defined as the clear and deep intuitive perception or intuitive understanding (not just belief or intellectual comprehension) of the entire situation, that is, of the unity of Consciousness and of the absence of the 'me' or 'I' as a separate, autonomous entity. Dr....
The moment I go deep into my consciousness, my capacity to break the bonds with the past expands. I learn to break the fetters one by one, when I go deeper and deeper into the core of my consciousness. I begin to understand I am...
The other thing about spiritual work that people don't understand, it's not just a sporadic thing you do now and then. When you decide to go for it, you're on the edge of the knife and you cannot stop. This is it. You let go...
Consciousness is the field which supports the phenomenon called 'mind.' Consciousness itself is without form. Just before you think a thought, what you're experiencing is awareness, which is radiating out of...