Sublime

At night when I lie down on my bed box, I give rise to the thought that I may not wake up the next day. I’m forty-five years old and, as I review my day, I know that I have done my best to live mindfully, to be kind in my thoughts, speech, and bodily actions. I forgive my own unskillfulness. So if I don’t wake up tomorrow, I can accept it. Then I s

Records of High Monks and The Gateless Gate

“If you want peace, peace is with you immediately.”

Slowly our awareness begins to illuminate the more subtle realm of internal objects: experiences—both wonderful and less-than wonderful; notions of who we are or who another person is; resentments; and often, what we believe are our attainments in our meditation practice. Bringing awareness to the realm of greed can help us to be able to begin agai

Living closely with nature enables us to be in touch with impermanence, to reflect and apply to ourselves what we’ve observed in nature, and to transform our avoidance and fear of aging and death.

Second, we must acknowledge the Divine Voice who calls us “beloved.”

Amen.

I hope that young people become more aware of the messages that you are sending to your body. Learn to cherish this life and evoke life in every cell of your body. Express confidence in your body and in its capacity to heal and transform.

“This too shall pass.”