Thisness

What other people want (and possibly from you), is no concern of yours.

Can we pause for just a moment and look at what is arising without judgement, without wanting what is here now to be better or worse or different in any way? Can we start from zero instead of +10 or -10?

There is nothing more to be discovered about existence than what is revealed right here, right now in this very moment of aliveness.

Before we criticise, judge and denounce can we pause for a moment and consider why others do what they do in the light of why we find ourselves doing things we wish we hadn’t? Can we try considered-response instead of knee-jerk?

Knee-jerk judgement and condemnation says more about our own psychological frailties than about the target of our righteousness.

Before seeing who you are, you read the scriptures to see if you have got it right. After seeing who you are, you read the scriptures to see if they have got it right!

Douglas Harding

True Zen cares nothing about Zen.

Douglas Harding

Life is a burden until it isn’t.

Will Rauschenberger, Ordinary Zen Sangha

Our ability to let go, allow whatever arises and act out of the present moment instead of memories of the past or desires for the future, is never more tested than in the close relationships with those we love.

Boredom declares: ‘there’s nothing happening’. Really? Is that true? If we attend carefully and closely can we see there are always infinite happenings right here, right now? Boundless sights, sounds, sensations all unfolding perpetually, and we don’t have to do anything but sit back, let go and allow the show to play.