I have three treasures which I hold fast and watch closely. The first is Mercy; the second is Frugality; the third is Humility. From Mercy comes Courage; from Frugality comes Generosity; from Humility comes Leadership. There is no greater misfortune than feeling I have an enemy; for when I and enemy exist together, there is…

If you suspect you are living in a cult, try to leave. See what happens. If you suspect you are being lied to, try telling your truth. See what happens. If you suspect this world is engineered to keep you always moving, try being still. See what happens. If you suspect your existence feeds unseen…

WHEN WE OBSERVE a wheel-type pictoral example of the Eightfold Path, we notice that indeed there are 8 ends, but look closer: two are on each end of the same oar, stick, line — as if to suggest each is related to the other. One end lists an internal ideal, the other end leads to…

Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness. Only when we are sick of our sickness shall we cease to be sick. 🙔  (verse 71 of the Tao te Ching)

WHAT IS the root of suffering, if not desire… and what is desire, but the creation of the idea of being without? But what is so wrong with desiring to see a loved one again, or to experience a positively abundant day? Jiddu Krishnamurti discusses such examples, landing on yee oldee Buddhist premise, that Want…

KRISHNAMURTI  “…Mere explanations will never eradicate the fact that we do not love our neighbour. On the contrary, it is because we are forever giving explanations and causes that we do not face the fact. You give one cause, I give another, and we fight over causes and explanations. We are divided as Hindus, Buddhists,…

Another Prayer CLEANSE ME, I pray NOT OF MY DOUBT, rendering me unable to think NOT OF MY FEAR, leaving my senses dull in the face of challenge Rather Please wash the POCKETS OF STAGNANCY out,  Where my inaction is allowed to rot And turn into apathy.   🙔

There is a lot of happiness slipping away from us, wasted by our own carelessness.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The words of our friends, neighbors… the counsel of our ministers, and even the words of our scriptures, are NOT VALID when compared to the personal experience of a fact.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In order to think constructively, we must know…

Kadag Rigpa Primordial Awareness  Let us sit and discuss psychological physics. We know that there is a fabric of the universe, it becomes the basis for all things.  Lao Tzu describes the Mother of 10,000 Things as unseen/invisible; unheard/inaudible; and untouched/intangible. A physics article (I search for the link presently) described truly higher intelligence in…

Think of a situation where you are looking online for directions. The all-knowing map program keeps giving you directions, from its company headquarters. How helpful is that?! What good would it be if there was only one set of directions to a place? Especially one where people are supposed to go — nay, invited to…