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Archive for November, 2010
Where Resides Transparency of Self?
Monday, November 15th, 2010“If I think therefore I am”- how does that thought affect my capacity to co-exist harmoniously with others? “I” am at the center of my universe- self-preoccupied and self-obsessed. Whether “I” am periodically selfish or selfless, “I” am always self-involved. I superficially feel connected to this state of being as it appears that most everyone […]
Awakening
Monday, November 15th, 2010The reason our ego forms constructs or ideas around who we are- is predicated on not knowing our “true nature”. We are innately ignorant. We develop a sense of “self” in order to know who we are. It is our conditioning that takes our ideas, images, and beliefs as true.
Awakening
Sunday, November 14th, 2010At the core of the ego-self lies ignorance. As ignorance dissolves- insight and self-knowledge arises. Energy from the ego-self becomes absorbed into the open awareness of our mindsight, and the information becomes transformed into insight.
Awakening
Saturday, November 13th, 2010It is our own ignorance that often causes us profound suffering- it is our lack of awareness for how our mind and our consciousness functions.
Awakening
Friday, November 12th, 2010In our process of deep inquiry into ourselves- into the movement of our minds- we come to know completely the energy and power behind what limits our sense of being.
Awakening
Thursday, November 11th, 2010“Mindsight” allows us to see, recognize, and realize how our open awareness can hold all that we experience without judgment, fear, resistance, or avoidance.
Wakeful Being III…
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Freedom to live a fuller life is within the awareness of your own mind. Living out of a “subjective world” in the cerebral field of conscious and unconscious experiences, we have the inherent capacity to uncover our “true nature” by discovering our own minds. To overcome our fears and resistance for genuine transformation, we need […]
Awakening
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010What we feel toward others, we inevitably feel toward ourselves… “feeling felt”.
A Simple Reflection of Mind
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010~ Daniel Siegel, MD- “The Mindful Brain” The mind is like the ocean. And deep in this ocean, beneath the surface, it’s calm and clear. And no matter what the surface conditions are, whether it’s flat or choppy or even a full gale storm, deep in the ocean it’s tranquil and serene. From the depth […]
Awakening
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010Pay attention as best you can. The moments we live are highly perishable.