“If with a pure
mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows
him like his never-departing shadow.”
“Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their
The Dhammapada (page23)
chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of
the ox.”
Heels: DOWN and OUT in front of you!!!
Blythe Miller
Suffering is the result of desire.
Chip Van Hassel
The worst form of suffering is desiring some undefined change which you do not comprehend how to promulgate.
How free a fly is!
How solid the rock is. How fluid the mind…
How wordless the water!
“When profound, open clarity has no change and is consistent at all times, only then can you be at peace.”
Translated by: Thomas Cleary
Practice Silence; interrupt with neither word or expression.
Zen Saying
Constantly be an appreciator of life by feeling the all of your being.
Without “being,” we perceive not.
“…have no relation to Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master- degrees, which were constructed for the general class of Masons. …”
“Water is clear as the mind.”
Dakkuan
“If you have shitty thoughts,
Dakkuan
You exist in shit.
If you see shit and say,
“I am one with that shit!”
Than,
You’ve got it!”
Practice Silence; interrupt with neither word or expression.
Zen Saying
The color of your Aura comes from your physical tension.
Dakkuan
Mental processes induce physical processes.
Example:
Being annoyed tenses muscles.
Allowing yourself to stew in annoyance creates muscle memory which becomes physically stressful.
The ominous power of quietude.
Dakkuan
“Christianity institutionalized guilt as a virtue.” – Alan Watts
“Ain’t no punch in the face like a Good punch in the face!”
Chip Van Hassel
He asked me, “If you were walking in the forest with a woman and a tree fell, would she hear it?”
Selective Hearing
I said, “Probably not, because she wasn’t listening.”
The beauty of not knowing neutralizes any commentary the ego might have.
Chip Van Hassel
A monk was being chased by a ferocious tiger through the forest. When be came to the edge of a cliff,
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