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The Final Approach
Whether we see it, know it, comprehend it or not, our existence is one of fear, suffering and uncertainty. How then do we find some solace against the odds that are present before us? We set about earnestly to acquire the capacity to let sense impressions, sense memory and recall arise, abide and cease. Whatever…
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The Illusion of Relief
When there is happiness, it ends. Everything ends. When there are troubles, we seem to think that their ending is a welcome thing. That we were born is something that we can do nothing about. While we are alive, we should try and remember that having a body is not really pleasure or a gift.…
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Sustaining the Way…
Any journey we undertake carries on. Its fruition is not in the remembrance or in the finality. The panorama along the way is not really discovered but uncovered. Perhaps this uncovering is best brought about without striving or undue duress. In seeing that any destination is always nearby and within reach, we can rest easy.…
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In Bonds They Live…
There are a lot of buzz words in the domain of self improvement and perhaps even in the movement for liberation. Positive thinking, not giving up, realizing your potential, fighting for what you deserve and so on. Even “bliss” is aspired for and designing a life of freedom appears to be a grand goal. A…
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Asking for Nothing
In the midst of distress or even pain, seeking solace seems appropriate. However if we keep in mind that we seek all the time, we might come upon the realization that seeking itself is suffering. Want is insufficiency and when pain generates it, perhaps we could choose to pause and not look for resolution. When…
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A Measure of Selfhood
Whatever it is we are doing, we cannot but measure. There is some sense in saying that our being is essentially that of measure. The object of our concern is deciphered and defined through comparison and our machinations set on evaluation. Reward is assessed against its lack and accomplishment against want. Sensory information arises through…
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Just Being with What Arises
Most often, we assume we ought to do something with what is going on in our minds. Contrary to popular opinion, it might be helpful to not do anything with the contents of our psyche at times. Just being with whatever arises is not difficult to do, no matter what is going on in your…
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Sitting with Distress
Learning how to just sit with distress has many benefits. The measure of how we are presents no commentary. The resources we have at hand to ease our situation, however, include the commentary we involuntarily engage in. Our measure of how things are though begins as a silent knowing. It is from this silence that…
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The Contemplation of Wellness
Wellness begins in the mind. As does the lack of it! In contemplating wellness, the absence of it does not necessarily have to be a constraint. The suitability of what we envisage and try to design is more dependent on lack than plenty. When the design modifies the valence of this lack, we tend to…
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Joyful Sustenance
We seek to keep our material brief and effective. Throughout these pages you will find immediate import and little detail. That in effect is the basis of sustenance. Focused applicability and minimal redundancy. With emphasis on these two procedural variables, sustenance easily becomes joyful! Ask yourself this. What do you have to work with in…