Archive for the 'Thoughts for the Day' Category

Jun 19 2013

bridged

The boundary between self and the world
is bridged by the breath.

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Jun 17 2013

words & breath

Words affect breath.
Thoughts affect breath.
Breath guides awareness.

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Jun 12 2013

pragmatic

A mystic must be supremely pragmatic:
Use what works,
whatever opens the heart
and fires the spirit.

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Jun 10 2013

alien

Walk through this world
as an alien being
with curiosity and wonder
and constant questioning.

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Jun 03 2013

traditions and texts

People become violently obsessed
with rules and traditions and texts
only when they have lost the sense
of what they really point to.

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May 29 2013

spaces between

We need to retrain our eyes to see
the spaces between and the secrets behind.

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May 24 2013

trace

Follow the trace of time
until the start
collapses with the end
in the space of the heart.

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May 22 2013

excluding

Who am I excluding from my heart?
How can I fix that?

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May 17 2013

fundamental trance

Ego is the fundamental trance,
the seed of all addiction.
Find the secret
it so desperately hides!

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May 15 2013

honesty

Pure, compassionate,
and devastating honesty
with yourself
is the only way.

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May 08 2013

feed the fire

Let each experience
feed the fire
of love.

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May 03 2013

recognize

Through you
the world learns
to recognize itself
– as heaven.

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May 01 2013

the skittish mind

Inner perfection is already attained.
Realizing this is the first enlightenment.
Then the work becomes coaxing the skittish mind
to rest upon that truth.

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Apr 26 2013

make a fool of yourself

If you don’t occasionally
make a fool of yourself,
you’re not fully alive.

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Apr 24 2013

wounds and wisdom

Our wounds
are the marks of initiation.
Our wounds
become our wisdom
Our wounds
mark our way.

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Apr 19 2013

great flowing vastness

The great, flowing vastness
one IS…
well, it is perceived,
but it is not known.

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Apr 12 2013

habit

Acquire the habit of peace.

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