Do you know what greed is? “Dear God, Universe, Great Giver of all that is, karma, etc.; I want.” Yes, greed is, “I want.” Don’t confuse your noble intentions with reality, and think that because you describe another version of something you believe is better, that greed is not the base of it. “I want” ties you to an imaginary reality, and the “good” you imagine is better than “what is” is judgment. YOU not only “have” it all, YOU are ALL. Don’t allow yourself to be divided by mind-based trivialities, e.g., what “I want.”
Look beyond your thoughts by silencing them. Peace and plenty, mystery and wondrousness beyond anything you could possibly want, lie within that silence!
Bozebits
There is a Zen saying: “Only out of the mud can the Lotus grow.” All of the things you consider messed up in the world are the mud from which you, the most beautiful of all flowers, emerge, and the “mud” is never, not there, just as YOU have never not been! The world is perfect, as are YOU. Worry not and judge not the mud from which all life takes form. Sow seeds of goodness, gratitude, and kindness so that your life, regardless of its murkiness and mystery, flowers with beauty.
Bozebits
Spirituality, awakening, awareness, enlightenment, whatever you call it, only exists in the present. You cannot experience it anywhere else, not even in a so-called previous experience. It has no residence in the past or the future, as those are just memories or imagination. In other words, spirituality is a constant, present-moment reality that you always are; there is never a becoming, searching-for, and finding. To speak of it in any way or to speak as if you have a mantle because you have awakened is to step out of the real. Awakening is the ultimate humbling that lacks for words but thunders silence. Be thunderous.
Bozebits
Today is your day. Not in the sense that it comes to you bearing gifts and experiences fit for your joy, fulfillment, and happiness. Instead, you are its creator, and every miracle it contains, every encounter it provides, is born of your hands. Life is not written for you; it is written by YOU, and all it contains is YOUR gift to the created. You should smile at that. As for me, I’m grateful that YOU created all of this just for me to be a part of!
Bozebits
The self you believe you are, that is the culmination of life experiences, learning, relationships, accomplishments, affiliations, heritage, even multiples of lifetimes, etc., is not your true self. That is merely painting by the numbers, and while YOU are high art, YOU are not a tapestry of things that have happened or are yet to happen.
All that is is because of YOU, not for you. All that is will always look to YOU and be grateful. The master’s hand, e.g., your hand, creates the masterpiece. Nicely done.
Bozebits
What you believe is right inherently carries the seed of wrong, making any “right” equally wrong. “I am right, and you are wrong” is the way of the ego and the form of all judgment. What you believe is not what you know, and it is ever so little you or anyone can “know.” Let go of what you believe, but even more so, let go of your reasons for having them, as well. Besides, being wrong about everything makes for a quiet, blissful life that never needs an offensive or defensive position to distract you from joy, peace, and wonder. Life is total wonder, but not if you are “wondering” what to believe or not believe.
Bozebits
The path you take is a path that has already been taken by countless others and is not traveled less or more than any other. That is, your search has an ending you believe is where you want to be, but “what YOU are” outside what you search for is endless, infinite, and eternal; literally unreachable! There’s nowhere you need or can go because all so-called paths are the same and can lead to only one place in all existence. That is to YOU.
You stare out into the expanse, and all you see completely encircles you, and in quiet knowing, all of it emanates from eyes that you will never see. YOU are the Creator of creation. Paths and searches can only take you away from what already is. YOU are always home!
Bozebits
Each day, this day greets you with arms open, the kiss of sunshine, nature, and all that burst forth in heavenly nuance, not because it has all of this life to give but because YOU are its Creator. The smile of all that is is your smile, your breath, your love. My smile and love in return are the only way I can share my gratitude with you for this, YOUR creation!
Bozebits
When you are truly engaged with life, you are not thinking about it; you’re living it. Or, make that, it is living you. Adding what you “think” is happening distorts the present because it is impossible to know “what is” (now) when it is infused with your remembrances, dreams, point of view, and conditioning. There is no formula for living that you learn over time and commit to memory for a future experience. You step into life uncloaked from what you think, and “what is” shows itself unfettered and pure as silence itself. Give life your emptiness, and it will fill you to the full.
Bozebits
Thinking is a by-product of memories, and memories, being of the past, never have relevance to the present, no matter how deeply rooted they are. You are never free to “newness” if you are thinking, e.g., subjugating, “what is” to what you remember. Awareness rests in a mind that knows nothing of the moment it is experiencing and only looks with wonder and awe at the undefined purity of now. No memory or thought will ever equal its beauty!