Yes, from the moment I wake up until the moment I go to sleep, there is a battle raging. Consciousness and mindfulness wrestle with each other for dominance. Long standing patterns and habits of attachment and self are ever present.…
Sometimes I really find my practice more difficult than others. One minute I am well, happy and peaceful; the next moment I feel weak and full of despair. This morning is one of those low moments, when negative thoughts and…
Observing the mind sounds like something we all do constantly. But I have come to see that this is far from true. Simply because your mind is active and full of constantly changing thoughts and emotions, does not make one…
Well let’s start by me stating that if I were to give you the answer here, I would not be a humble Buddhist at all. I would be portraying myself as some sort of expert, or one with superior knowledge…
The word Atammayata literally means, “the state of not being made up by, or made up from, that (thing or condition).” “The genuine collapse of illusion, no separateness of subject and object.” As I was reading this morning, I was…