In sleep-death we are one with everything. Upon separating from sleep-death we become unlike anything heretofore; a temporary, finite self. Captivated by our self we live in sleep-life, awakening only upon realizing who we are in sleep-death....
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."...
Consciousness expands when we have more questions than answers. We soon fall asleep when we have more answers than questions....
"It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." Likewise, in terms of consciousness, it is easy to fall asleep but difficult to awaken unless we know we are sleeping. *Misattributed to Mark Twain but not inconsistent with Twain's insights generally....
There is many a way to a place far away. The true Way is here, not away....
Before time began, there was only NON. Upon my arrival, I and NON created the NOW. My experience of the NOW is WOW....
“As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.” Our thoughts are always funny, though more often funny to others than to our self. What makes our thoughts funny is they are odd and/or humorous from the perspective of those from other socioeconomic and cultural identity groups. However, we seldom view our thoughts as funny because we take our self-identities seriously. When we view thoughts from many perspectives, we invariably find almost everything funny; all thoughts, ours and those of others. That's the essence of wisdom. That's why Buddha is often depicted as laughing. *Incorrectly attributed to Lao Tzu, but consistent with the Tao....
Every-thing is unique and the same. Every-thing is the same thing, nothing, before it is what it is whatever it is....
The mind of God creates the universe. Our minds create our worlds. When our mind merges with the mind of God. we are the universe....
“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.” The essence of meditation practice....