12 Nov Way Of Way 61
With our eyes we can see the surface and depth of things. With the eyes of others we can see the nature of things....
11 Nov Way Of Way 60
Every child has a father but needs to father itself to become an adult....
10 Nov Albert Einstein
"The only source of knowledge is experience." Readings and conversations can bring us to certain understandings but knowledge comes by opening our eyes and seeing everything as never before. Those (Buddha, Moses, Lao Tzu and Jesus) who came to know did not have a teacher. Their experience of soul was later recounted and formed into doctrine and scripture, just words....
09 Nov Remarkable 1
Years back, on a cold wet winter day, I met a native Indian man (dot, not feather) at Kennedy Airport. He was a security guard, walking around looking for anything suspicious. He said he also worked as a gas station attendant, maybe 70+ hours a week in total. He didn't work all those hours for the money as he made more than he needed in half the time. He worked because to him the only difference between working and not was getting paid while working and not otherwise; hanging out at home or walking in his neighborhood was no different than walking around Kennedy Airport. Moreover, getting paid meant he was helping others with no effort on his part. Our experiences are mostly a function of our attitude....
07 Nov Way Of Way 59
Life is a ride on a zip line connecting pre-birth and afterlife. The ride at times feels scary, thrilling and even boring. As the ride nears its end, we feel the calmness of our pre-birth....
06 Nov Closed Eyes Cry
Eyes open, we see the indescribable beauty of creation. Eyes closed, we see a sad world our mind creates to manipulate us....
02 Nov Muhammad Ali
"The man who has no imagination has no wings." We cannot see what we cannot imagine. Without imagination we cannot see certain of our abilities or move quickly from and far beyond our immediate circumstances....
30 Oct Kanako Iiyama
"It is better to share than to give." Giving implies a vertical relationship while sharing is horizontal. By sharing, we give and receive and soon we are one....
27 Oct Materialistic View
Materialistic people think that enlightened masters and their serious disciples are silly. Rightfully so, though ironically the enlightened are laughing much of the time and the materialistic people only occasionally....
23 Oct At Birth
At birth, my mother's obstetrician told her I was the smartest baby he had ever delivered. A bit of a difficult birth, the obstetrician used forceps to pull me out as I kept trying to go back in. The obstetrician reasoned I knew where I came from, one with everything, is obviously a better place than where most of us go after birth; lives apart and separate from the infinite....