What if your fixed view of reality were a strategy to make you feel safe, to conform to concensus and to limit your vital essence? I don’t usually consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but the more I have stepped outside the box of concensus reality the more that I have come to question rather than ...…
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle. Osho Isn’t it high time you started expecting the extraordinary, you delighted in the tangents in your life adventure? What’s so appealing about the tried and true? Doesn’t the sparkle of surprise light you up? The deep rhythms of life are pulsing through your very core and calling you ...…
Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. Eckhart Tolle Wowee . . . but these are three of my favorite things. Well, if not my favorite they are things that I frequently notice myself doing. Wait! That’s the key. . . Noticing! The starting point to transformation, the ...…
Meditation means participation in the celebration of existence. Do not just be a spectator, participate in the mystery of life. Dance it, sing it, feel it, be it. Osho This is the expression of BEing. These are the things that you just lose yourself in. Time slips through and you are intensely engaged in the ...…
Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well. Pema Chodron Resistance uses energy in a way that is not efficient or powerful. It’s like sticking your head in the sand to avoid a sandstorm. It doesn’t mean the sandstorm isn’t happening AND you’re not really dealing with it, are ...…
Frequent and prolonged TV watching not only makes you unconscious, it also induces passivity and drains you of energy. Eckhart Tolle It’s also addictive. I gave up TV watching for a solid 5 years. I still had my DVD player and would rent movies, but I didn’t watch any live programming. My daughter recently moved ...…
Everything in our lives has the potential to wake us up or put us to sleep. Adela Rubio Every moment is a portal to possibility, an opening to the Now. You can either open to it or close yourself off to it. You can awaken or you can slumber. You can say YES or NO. ...…
No, explanation is not needed — only exclamation, a wondering heart, awakened, surprised, feeling the mystery of life each moment. Then, and only then, you know what truth is. And truth liberates.” Osho Truth liberates. Truth disengages the hooks of habit. It engages the power of your dynamic essence. Truth frees the constriction of well-laid ...…
Life is rarely as serious as we believe it to be, and when we recognize this fact, it responds by giving us more and more opportunities to play. Osho Seriousness and significance are pretty heavy on the energy meter, yes? Just notice how your energy constricts and densifies. That’s what happens to you when you ...…
When experience is firsthand and alive, perception is not about the experience, it is the experience itself. David Whyte The actual experience is what is transformative and alive, it is what changes you. It is where you become the super-connected more-ness of life. It’s not ABOUT the actual experience, the details, the mental filters and ...…