Competing with sadness: how to stop driving yourself into the abyss
Modern society teaches us that in order to succeed, we must look out for ourself, and climb that ladder. School instilled this in us by making all of us compete with each other for “grades” that ended up rather meaningless in the grand scope of...
From Holon to Super Consciousness
Today as I sat listening to my teacher talk, the talk took me into a vision. The vision culminated in allowing me to see how Super Consciousness comes about. When it started, It was just with the four foundations of mindfulness. Amazing how something so...
Light bubble
Powerful meditation this morning. I was doing tonglen, a healing meditation for my friends. By the end of it I was literally crying in compassion for those I had connected with. It was such a strong connection I could feel the darkness as I pulled...
Reflections
The moon on the water is nothing other than water. Therefore the appearance of the moon is but water. What you "see" of the world around you is nothing other than mind. Therefore the appearances you see are mind. We see the world as we...
Tearing off the Suit or how I overcame the veil of success
How did you change so much? This is a question people keep asking me. Check out my talk, "Tearing off the Suit or how I overcame the veil of success" Synopsis It's a tell-all story of how Cian started out life poor. He always felt...
The one mistake people make trying to quit a bad habit
Have you ever tried to quit a bad habit and failed? The modern day method of quitting a habit tends to be "just power through it". This method involves expending energy to repress the pattern or behaviour that is undesired. More often than not, this...
The Plateau
Cracks in reality. As I reach the plateau everything shimmers like an illusion. Seeing becomes knowing. Then, they try to bring me back. The dance of Mara, the great illusionist. In recognition, I think "why now, of all times" Then I remembered how they never...
Perspectives from the Mountain: Scratching your own back
I recently visited Sonoma Mountain Zen Center with Jun Po Roshi. I went through all the normal stages of hindrance (doubt, aversion, pain, etc) during the first real day, Sunday. On Monday, I was surprised with a private Dokusan with Jun Po. A Dokusan is...
Witness the relationship to yourself and thoughts
"The Varaha Upanishad (Part IV) refers to the Bhumika ('stage of development of wisdom') which is of the form of pranava (Aum or Om) as formed of or divided into – akāra, ukāra, makāra and ardhmātra, which is on account of the difference of sthula ('gross'), sukshama ('subtle'), bija ('seed' or 'causal') and sakshi ('witness') whose avasthas ('states') are – 'waking', 'dreaming', 'dream-less sleep' and...
Zen: Why mindfulness meditators might be missing out
People often ask me: "What is Zen?" and "What is the difference between Zen and meditation?" Have you ever had a really, really tough problem, that you just couldn't think your way through? Have you ever tried just letting go of the problem for a...
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