03 May Way of Way 111
Desiring what we don't have distracts us from appreciating what we have....
02 May Koan 63
“Whoever gets angry, it is as if he worshipped idols” -- Zohar 1:27b Getting angry at some one or thing presumes it has an independent existence, like an idol. That denies the existence of God which is the interconnected oneness of every thing....
28 Apr Kotodama 66
The eyes see the sea, what's there. The ears hear what's here. The nose knows....
27 Apr Kotodama 53
When every day is holy, every day is a holiday....
25 Apr Kotodama 52
Those who can explain "what it?" have wit. Those who know "what is?" are wise....
23 Apr Way Of Way 79
When talking about others, we are talking about our self. The self creates the others....
22 Apr Koan 30
We see "its" everywhere, yet rarely notice the "is", though all there is is is. There are two types of vision, foveal and peripheral. Foveal vision is when our eyes focus and we mentally create static images of seemingly independent things ("its"). The "its" are illusions. Peripheral vision is unfocused. We don't see static "its", we see a continuous fluid "is". The "is" is reality; an ambiguous flow of interdependent and everchanging things beyond description. Peripheral vision is the visible universe unaffected by the mind. While we don't see "its" in peripheral vision, we are sensitive to changes in the flow in areas of peripheral vision. These changes engage our attention causing us to focus with foveal vision on what has changed. When we shift from peripheral vision to foveal vision, the mind creates an "it" from the "is". While 99% of our visual field is peripheral vision, we think the illusions we create through foveal vision are reality....