Your mind is a dawdler that keeps you on the hook by convincing you that all that you desire, strive to become, and seek will surely come about if you just wait a little longer, have a little more faith and hope, do this thing or that, or commit yourself to certain gurus, teachers, or philosophies. And all the while, “what is” slips into the abyss never to be seen or heard from again, except in your mind. As long as you believe you have somewhere to go other than here, now, your mind will dawdle, and you will stay hooked on fantasy and, sadly, miss the greatest spectacle in the universe. That is, the universe YOU create this moment, but “think” should be something else. Stop thinking, and the dawdling stops. See what you’ve created; best of all, it didn’t take a single thought!
Bozebits
The most formidable mountain you will ever encounter is the one you imagine you must climb, and its summit is unreachable because you will always imagine something beyond, even more formidable. NEWS FLASH: Imagination is imaginary!
Where you stand now is not a peak you have climbed. It’s the center of the universe, and anything imagined, imaginable, or unimaginable exists because YOU exist. Do you see? Your mind is a player on a field it creates in a game that does not exist, and yet you give way to its rules, which change constantly. Your mind will play you to exhaustion unless you silence it with your silence. Quiet your mind and behold your creation. That is, ALL that is!
Bozebits
It is unimportant, unnecessary, and perhaps even harmful to carry the erroneous idea that you can do anything you set your mind to. You know it’s untrue; everyone does, so why hold onto such nonsense? What YOU are, outside what you think, is having a finite human experience that ends when human form ends. You do not carry with YOU the nuttiness of the human mind that makes stuff up to appease its fear of the unknown.
Live with what you’ve got and take only what you get, and by all means, don’t make stuff up. That’s where perfection lies, and YOU are perfection. Abide in the mystery no human mind can comprehend, and live every moment to its fullest, no matter what it is. What YOU are is simply on a joy ride! You should enjoy it too!
Bozebits
Awareness can only be experienced. You cannot possess it like a car, a house, or an education. Possession is the endgame of all searches, and “finding” what you seek is the end of awareness. Do you see? Fixation, attachment, beliefs, and ritual cause stagnation, and living, which is wild and crazy, mysterious, and uncertain, always takes a hit when you make a claim to any formula or particular way. The infinite cannot be corralled into the finite scope of your mind, and “what YOU are” first, before a single thought, is infinite.
If you must search, may it lead you nowhere; that, at least, is much closer to awareness than anything or anywhere you think you need to get otherwise.
Bozebits
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!
Bozebits
What you consider your purpose in life is just another identity built around what isn’t. Few ever consider that a soup bowl is more than the hard surface it seems to be. Without the space the form provides, the bowl would be useless. Do you see? Purpose is just another thing we make up, then cling to, which narrows focus, confines awareness, and disregards the infinite. Within you is the space for all that is, but you can perceive it only if you look past the form surrounding it. That is, the “purpose” you give it. Emptiness is absent purpose, but without it, nothing exists! Form, your form, is merely a sideshow to the infinite and spaceless, timeless YOU are the infinite. Enjoy your soup!
Bozebits
As long as you believe you can derive answers from the life you experience and all the unique forms it takes, you will never have “peace of mind.” The only peace that comes through the mind is shutting off conscious thought altogether. In other words, “peace of mind” is a “mindful” myth. When your mind is still, something else takes over, and whatever that is lies beyond conscious awareness, extending into the infinite reaches of unspeakable beauty. You can only experience such beauty, but not as an expression of your mind and its thoughts; rather, wonder and awe untethered from any thought whatsoever. Be quiet so that forces beyond your imagining can play on a field of no thing. There is no possible “peace of mind,” but unimaginable peace can be found in silence!
Bozebits
Take the whys out of living, and you will end up with a life. A life free of the mind-made nonsense that blinds you and everyone else to unfathomable beauty. Besides, whatever your mind comes up with is made up and pales in comparison to what is unspoken, unknown, and perhaps unknowable. “Not knowing,” resting in a sea of silence, is the purest form of “knowing.”
Bozebits
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!
Bozebits
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.