05 May Koan 307
We are one with everything, but not with every thing. As the universe is all things turned into one, we are one with everything. Yet, when we assume our identity as a separate self, we see the universe as a collection of independent things. We are not one with every thing....
05 May Koan 306
How can things be everchanging in the now and timeless before and after the now? The now is an ever-moving light that passes over the eternal and unchanging space before and after the now. The now doesn't change. What appears in the now changes....
03 May Way Of Way 243
If we saw the universe as it is, we would no longer see anything; as we would likely die, go blind or fall into madness. We see the universe through a pinhole; Visible Light which is 0.0035% of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Invisible to the eye are the other segments of the Spectrum: Radio Waves, Microwaves, Infrared Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, X-rays, and Gamma Rays. "Ultimately, if you could see all wavelengths simultaneously, there would be so much light bouncing about that you wouldn't see anything. Or rather, you would see everything and nothing simultaneously. The excess of light would just leave everything in a senseless glow. Chances are...
29 Apr Way Of Way 297
In life, we are a self experiencing countless circumstances, emotions, and thoughts; some pleasing, some not. Yet, from the soul’s perspective, the self is always funny as it takes its experiences seriously. When our self's experience is not wonderful, we can transition to our soul identity and simply laugh it off....
27 Apr Kotodama 89
A way takes us away. The Way brings us here and now....
26 Apr Koan 299
The real reason we die is that the self’s consciousness is a finite construct--having a beginning and an end. It is like a wave riding the ocean. The ocean is the soul, infinite and eternal. When we transcend the self’s consciousness, we are the soul: eternal being....