There is no thought, idea, concept or story that can survive the raw actuality of experience.
Not even this one π
Iβm a support worker in adult social care with an open-ended curiosity into the nature of mind.
There is no thought, idea, concept or story that can survive the raw actuality of experience.
Not even this one π
Self interest is a dead end.
Good morning.
@annie π
The moment you know your real being, you are afraid of nothing.
βDeath is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.β
β Haruki Murakami
@bodhidave ππ
writing a letter to a friend about #meditation and #Zen practice, it occurs to me...
"we are the practice of the way things are"
π π
Good morning.
βSilence is not
freedom from sounds.
Silence is not
freedom from thoughts.
Silence is freedom
from some other moment β past or future.β
β Dorothy Hunt
If you are the world, how can you be conscious of it?
Good morning.
@bodhidave Yes π
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Rather, for me, thereβs a growing sense that what meditation is about is something which is nothing more basic, and nothing less wonderful, than *what is going on.*
Speaking a bit metaphorically β itβs a kind of embrace with that.
And from that.
And as that.
@annie π
A wave is made of two parts: the crest and the trough. If you take away the trough, there is no crest. There is only still water. Calm. Undisturbed.
Happiness is like the crest of the wave. https://anniemueller.com/posts/dead-happy
If you expect any benefits from your search, material, mental or spiritual, you have missed the point.