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Étiquette : spirituality
What’s left ? (A non-thought experience)
(inspired by Ramana Maharshi’s words, as collected by David Godman, in Be Who You Are) All of the world’s experience that we have can be
The Leap of Faith
Could we jump off our ill-being
To the pure heart of Being ?
Now, Look
Coming back to basics Again, again, and again Until it becomes natural Until it remembers being natural Until it finds back its own place –
Freely spinning off from the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (note)
The negation from the ‘I as a doer’ (Ramana Maharshi, as reported in David Godman’s Be as you are) is quite different from the negation
Note on a Night Practice
As he was practising, lying between two sleeping phases, from the middle of the inner quest toward the Self, he realised there was really nothing
Loving People (Quote)
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Not our bodies, not our minds (Quote)
We are not our bodies, not our minds We are what has brought us to believe we were them and what has brought us
Where were you when it first clicked ?
So subtle, so subtle were you there when the protection clicked ? were you there to smile and defuse it ? Left unchecked, the circuit
Ex/in/sup : the Three steps of Spirituality
After having browsed a certain range of spiritual expressions, within a single tradition or through several practices and communities, or as a result of instant
Dharma Everywhere
« Psalm 19 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night
Do we Need God ? (the bat effect)
Recently, one of our former fellow practitioners confessed she had traded cushions for church benches… In a tone both soft and blunt she uttered :
A Noise Sandwich
Entertainment is often the answer to a call within, a signal received by the outstretched mind. This latter needs a ground to sneak under each
What is Zen? – Jumping Overboard.
Jumping off the boat. Overboard and in the sea.Jumping so is Zen.-What is Zen?-Jumping overboard Such a jump ensures movement.Hence the paramount importance of having
All is Suffering. The Joy of Buddhism
Dukkha. Sarvam Dukham. This is the first of the four Noble Truths, offered by the Buddha, as he agrees to share the insight experienced through
Notes & Silence 