enlightenment

The mind is limitless, in its creations.

Can you allow yourself to be impaled on the present moment?

I don__ know where I__ going on this path. I don__ know what I__ doing with my life. You had to be lost, before you could be found. These are the truths. You had to be confused, before you could find clarity; you had to suffer, before you could find peace. These were the only ways, life could happen. Of course you were confused before you found clarity. If you weren't confused, then you would already be clear. Of course you were lost before you were found. If you were already found, then you wouldn't be lost. Of course there would be suffering before peace. If there was already peace, then there wouldn't be suffering. One necessarily came before the other.

You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.

Nothing needs to be done, and things get done.

You necessarily have to be lost, before you__e found.

Maybe it__ something which can__ be defined,_ Enso Roshi says. __aybe it__ a question, to be lived.

It is the rub that polishes the jewel,_ Enso Roshi says. __obody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons.

Full minds create chaos.

I loved Enso Roshi__ teachings. I loved learning about life. I loved life. It was a good thing to feel. I loved life, and I loved learning, and I was still learning. I was not, yet, done. At the end of our journeys, there would be an end to the journey. Maybe. If I was lucky. If providence shone down upon me gently. I would find love. I would find acceptance. Complete love. Complete acceptance. I would know, that the self, is an illusion. I would come to enlightenment, but that would also mean, there would be no ___ there. I would realize that the ___ was an illusion, all along, just like some great dream. This is what the wise sages say, the great teachings, the mystical teachings, not only from the East, but also from the West. The Gospel of Saint Thomas. Thomas Merton. Thomas, like I was Thomas, and also doubting, the main reasons I__ chosen the name. If nothing else, it was lovable, just as it is. My life. Even the parts I didn__ love, could I love them? The struggles. It was all part of the journey, and would I not look back fondly on this, at some time? Look at how arduous and sincere I__ been. Look at how worried I__ been. Look at how insecure I__ been. Look at how I__ struggled. Trying to find my way. Would I not look back upon myself, affectionately and fondly and with love?

Let whatever happens, be what needs to happen, so that I may awaken.

A healer's power stems not from any special ability, but from maintaining the courage and awareness to embody and express the universal healing power that every human being naturally possesses.

Your imagination is the vehicle to enlightenment.

The awareness that seeks to know is the very object of its own seeking.

No matter how strange things get, know that with every breath, you are becoming that which you have always been.

In order to know the Truth, you have to be out of your mind.

Meditation is an excellent habit and tool for transformation, however your __ractice_ should eventually evolve into your natural primary state of being.

We are the reflections for the stars to gaze upon, upon a sea of glass.