Truth exists only in emptiness. That is emptiness so vast that all you can do is look around in awe and wonder, stunned by its purity, certainty, and reality. Truth has no mind-made meaning, so it has no argument, and you or anyone else can’t deny or defend it. Your all-consuming reverence is your only connection to it. You cannot “think” truth. So, stop thinking!
Bozebits
“Words hurt,” it is often said, but they only hurt because we have been conditioned to live by the opinions of others. Do you see? What is beyond human ego is never disturbed, offended, hurt, or angered by what other egos think or say. Hurtful words are egoic and can only hurt another ego, which is not what YOU are. In other words, only egos- that is, your ego care about the thoughts expressed by others. “Words hurt,” but only because you (your ego) think they mean something. Take what you think out of the words you hear; words ring in your ears because your ears are ringing. The ringing stops when your thinking stops, and the clash of egos is nothing more than the folly of humans making something real out of nothing.
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Hindsight is blindsight. Not 20-20 as the saying goes. You can speculate about all the scenarios you could’ve, should’ve, or would’ve done in the past, and all the brilliance you devise looking back takes you out of NOW and adds a whole lot of noise and lament to the only “real” experience you can have. You cannot add to life, repair it by looking back at a non-existent past, or apply it to a non-existent future. Living now is 20-20, and it is all there is or will ever be. The only switch that gives you clarity is the one that turns your mind off. Do it now so you can “BE” now!
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We all walk blindly through life. That is, what you know, think, believe, or conjecture is not what gets you through it. All of that is “the blindness.” There is no “getting through” life. There is only life living you, and there is no “know-how,” “been there, done that,” for the moment you experience now. No rules, precursors, or practice runs that prepare you for this moment. There is just you and what is, and you can’t “know” anything else. That, however, is when your eyes truly open; that is, the “eyes” of awareness. Real awareness, unencumbered by your mind, which doesn’t know how to let you experience it. Your mind will convince you that you are “flying blind,” but if you are truly aware, YOU ARE FLYING HIGH! Do you see? You fly highest when life lives YOU. “Be still,” and enjoy!
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Focusing on the now is not the same as being present in the now. Narrowing focus is a mental (mind-based) activity that takes you out of the present and into thought. Being present contains no thinking at all. When you disengage your mind from activity, present moment awareness is clearest. If you must focus on anything, focus on not focusing! In other words, clear your mind and simply BE in the moment; you’ll never be more clear.
Bozebits
Firstly, in matters of the heart, never, ever, ever speak your mind. Your mind gets it wrong one hundred percent of the time. Secondly, all matters are matters of the heart. Shh…
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The expectation of experience is the destroyer of experience. “What is” will never yield to your thoughts, wishes, or hopes of what it should be. The cliché that says “life will pass you by” never happens. What passes by is you, the human, trying to outthink “what is,” thus missing altogether the only thing you can experience. Do you see? Always embrace “what is” as is. The best wish in life is no wish at all.
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There are no levels of spirituality. You cannot rise above others without separating yourself from them, which contradicts the very essence of oneness, spirituality purports to encompass. The master who points to anyone and claims that they are not as far along in the spiritual journey as themselves or others is broken. If WE are all one, then no one rises above the whole. No one! Love all and judge not; that’s how it works.
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The only thing hard about humans is ego. Ego is the shell you form to protect yourself from the onslaught of other egos, and all egos, even the collective ego, are in protective mode. Love and expressions of love are the only way to soften both your own and the ego of others. Show and express love often! Smile, nod, and be kind. Ego always has to mellow in such interactions.
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There are no “nots” in the language of life. “Nots” are a product of your mind. That is, if you say life is “not” supposed to be this or that, you pit yourself against reality. If life does not run the full gamut you experience, you mock it, and to judge it in any way is you making stuff up, which again, is denial of “what is” in this moment. Embrace your “nots” and don’t get tied up in knots over it. The spectrum of beauty and life itself contains not only the “nots” but everything else as well.