18 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Observations

Yesterday, I pulled out of my driveway for my weekly trip to the Darien Cheese Shop and a hundred feet later the car started seriously shaking. A flat tire awoke me from my routine. I stopped the car and started working with an air pump to inflate the tire. As it was taking some time, I wondered whether the tire would hold enough air for me to make it to a repair shop or I'd need to get it towed. Either way, it sounded like a bit more fun than the routine trip to the cheese shop. Soon a passing car pulled over and an elderly woman with grey hair came out and asked: "Do you need any help?" To which I replied: "Actually I'm terrific; blessed with a high-class problem, a flat tire." We both laughed, connected by compassion and wisdom as the truth was revealed: temporary common problems are not problems but experiences to be enjoyed by all....

18 Apr

Posted at 09:50h in Observations

Easter is the most important holiday in Christianity. Easter commemorates the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ which Christians believe is proof Jesus Christ was the messiah, the one who would bring peace on Earth. The historical events of Easter are the basis for the ubiquitous symbol of Christianity, the cross or Jesus on the cross (the crucifiction). It's a funny symbol for a religion espousing peace. As Christ preached brotherly love among people regardless of their religious identities and was ultimately crucified for his heretic views, the symbol suggests that those who preach peace will be crucified. True to this view, murder and horror is what many who have walked under the banner of Christianity have brought to peaceful non-Christians since the time of Christ. Ultimately, Christians believe that Christ, the messiah, will return and bring peace on Earth. Perhaps so, but in light of the violent history of the those professing to be Christians, clearly Christ is not a Christian....

16 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Koan

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." -- John 1:1, The Gospel of John.   God is the Everything; the now and before and after the now. In the space before the now, there are no things; only energy, the invisible face of God. The word is sound/vibration/energy: God. In the beginning was energy, the energy was with God, the energy was God....

15 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Wow

If someone doesn't love or respect us, that's their problem. We can only feel badly for them because they simply don't get it. However, we too have a problem if we resent them for it....

14 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Observations

"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience." The past can teach us valuable lessons. However, defining ourselves by stories we create about our past has no value and distracts us from making the most of things to come....

12 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Wow

Everyone's life is unique, fascinating and entertaining. But that's often not their experience of it....

11 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Observations

"Silence is the greatest secret in the world." "He who speaks does not know, he who knows does not speak." --Lao Tzu. "Silence is the only voice of our God." -- Herman Melville. In true silence we not distracted by sounds or other stimulation or by our mind's thoughts. In true silence, we are in the present, the pre-sent, the space before the universe expresses itself and time begins. In true silence the universe is revealed as an ineffable ethereal experience. Attempting to share these revelations through words with others breaks the silence, shrouds its revelations in oblivion and keeps silence a secret....

10 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Observations

"It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." Every day is a life in a day, not a day in a life. We've lived thousands of lifetimes, dying in the evening and born anew in the morning into circumstances similar to those in which we died yesterday. Upon rebirth, we resemble the person we were yesterday but are not the same person; though we assume we are and live in the context of our past identities. As to who we are now, it is difficult to say beyond "I am who I am" as we, like everything, are ever-changing....

07 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Observations

"When people are alone, they become spiritual. When in company, they become religious." When we are alone and our mind is calm, we can connect with everything, That's a spiritual experience. When with others, we see ourselves as apart and separate and need rules and rituals to calm ourselves....

06 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Observations

The fool thinks he is God. The wise man knows he and everything is God. The fool thinks himself apart and superior to others. The wise know we are all unique and yet the same, infinite manifestations of God....