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Searching versus Existing
No chakras to open, chants to hum, or endless sermons to listen to. No mantras to repeat over and over. No scriptures to memorize or stories to believe, defend, and pointlessly argue about. No clothes to buy, crosses or beads to wear. No creeds to recite or ascended masters to know personally lest we die. No Gods to…
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IT is all there is
Never there was a thought, Only consciousness and ITs awareness. Never there was life or death, Only ITs eternal and timeless presence. Never there was war, peace, famine or plenty, IT has no want, lack or need. Never there was reward or punishment, IT is only experiencing itself, Never there was a past or future, There is only the eternal now,…
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The Spring Clean
All that keeps life from being spacious I’m putting into a box And taking to the curb. Let someone else use it. The hand-me-down furniture that I never wanted, Clothes that don’t fit—especially that old robe, All the old knickknacks and souvenirs from the journey, It’s all got to go. Just give me a sunlit room…
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Nukunu Larsen on The Dark Night of the Soul
Excerpted from the Podcast, Buddha at the Gas Pump #267 I often talk about the three stages of fear. There is the tangible fear–“I’m scared of dogs.” We can see what it is and we’re scared of it. But there is a more neurotic fear–where we have fear of fear! And often this fear is…
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Stopping the Mind
One of the things I’ve always been curious about is how to stop the chatter that’s constantly in my mind. You know, that constant stream of thinking, evaluating, commenting, and back story conversation that’s always going on in the back of the mind? I’ve read many books on the subject and most call this condition “Monkey Mind.” Experts like…