February 2012
“We are caught up in this bizarre habit of assuming that there is an “I.” Yet the...”
– Daniel Ingram
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“Some people say there is mind. I say there is no mind, but never mind. Heh, heh,...”
– Zen Monk
Anonymous asked: Thank you for sharing your story. It was quite touching. I am happy that you have found peace. :)
“The primary agenda for doing insight practices is to increase our perceptual...”
– “Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book” (Free PDF available online, google it)
By: Daniel Ingram
What my internal experience was like then and what...
I will never forget what it was like before my awakening began. It was as if even something as simple as breathing was a struggle. Anxiety was provoked by just about everything. Someone would say “Hi!” and I would get just as anxious as if someone had told me to never talk to them again. It was pretty much Hell on Earth. The drugs made it easier, they made me forget, until I would try to numb out...
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three...”
– Lao Tzu (via lucifelle)
“What you are basically, deep, deep down, far, far in, is simply the fabric and...”
– Alan Watts
“The sign of a beautiful person is that he always sees beauty in others.”
– Omar Suleiman (via littlesusanita)
“You are not missing anything. Anticipate without expectation.”
– Javier
Being Love
What a beautiful gift I have received, one which I can give away freely, yet it will never leave me. The gift of compassion, the gift of love. A gift I give to others, which simultaneously is returned to myself. A love not bound to conditions or realationships, but only to it’s unconditional nature. It’s irresistibly contagious. A sickness that I wish not to get over, but to spread to...
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Synchronicity
It’s beautiful when it leads you to a fellow seeker. It’s beautiful when it leads you to an old friend. It’s been an eventful night and an eventful life for that matter. I feel fortunate to be able to share such beautiful moments with such people I never thought I would have shared them with. Life has been a ride, it’s thrown people into my life that have left for awhile,...
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Neuroscientists may one day be able to hear the...
These scientists have succeeded in decoding electrical activity in the brain’s temporal lobe – the seat of the auditory system – as a person listens to normal conversation. Based on this correlation between sound and brain activity, they then were able to predict the words the person had heard solely from the temporal lobe activity.
“This research is based on sounds a person actually hears, but...
“When you give up the need to maintain your identity you will be free”
– (via resonantfrequencies)
