The Complexity of Simplicity
Perhaps nothing is more important than truly grasping the paradoxical nature of reality. Most of us hate paradox—we want things to be simple, predictable, and emphatically, we want things to be the way we think they ought to be. Flying in the face of our little foot-stomping rants about how things ‘ought to be’ is ‘how things are.’ I call this side of the equation reality.
Non-Duality
Non duality, on the other hand, (he writes with a smirk) is about loosening ones grip on one note being. Life becomes a dance. You notice that you are judging, labelling, boxing things up, and you have a breath and let go of the definitions. In this letting go process, your experience expands, and you see that whatever is going on has many aspects, all equally true.
A Life Appreciated: Taking Time to Reflect
The art of appreciation is seldom practiced. I suspect this is so because appreciation actually contradicts our belief about how much is ‘wrong’ with life. It is difficult to be appreciative when most people are caught in a loop—trying to make the world, and others, behave. And of course, this seldom if ever works.
Appreciation exists in the here and now. It is an approach to the ‘is-ness’ of life. It only happens when I suspend judgement so as to be present with what ‘is.’ In a sense, appreciation is a meditation and a reflection—a way of telling ones life-story with gratitude.
10 Zen Principles to Help You Live Life Better
We all need help to remember to stay present, to live in the eternal now. Herewith are 10 quotes from the famous 20th century Zen Master, Yogi Berra, on how to live elegantly and with awareness.
A Lesson About Growing Up
Many of my clients are “Boomers,” and many of them are ’squeezed’ between their living parents and their kids. I want to frame what I’m about to show you with this: The goal of parenting is to raise your kids to be independent adults—and the age of independence is 18-20. That this is not happening is terrifying.
Always has been, always will be.
Seven Ways to Live in the Endless Moment
Living an awakened life is not particularly complicated, but it can be difficult. Moment by moment, there is the opportunity to be fully awake, true to oneself, and alive. Here are seven suggestions for having this this way of living be your way of being.
Zen Based, Present Living
