While reading What is Tao? by Alan Watts, I was struck by an analogy he made of Taoism/Life to the act of a cat falling from a tree. He makes the point that the cat essentially let’s go of itself . During the act of falling, “the cat becomes completely relaxed and lands lightly on the ground. – Read More –
MIND
November 12, 2013
THE ART OF LETTING GO
November 10, 2013
RENEWAL
Today is my sister’s birthday and I’m so happy/blessed/fortunate to be with her to celebrate this weekend! Though we live in different states and talk all of the time, nothing is quite like being able to hang out with her and laugh until we start crying haha (The fun is especially out of control when – Read More –
November 3, 2013
DO WHAT YOU FEAR MOST
I have always loved this song from India.Arie. (In fact, for years it has been the wake-up song on my alarm clock!) As I read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (which is truly excellent so far!) I am reminded that what we must do what we fear most….for that is what we were most – Read More –
November 2, 2013
ENTIRE OCEAN IN A DROP
October 29, 2013
PINK PANTHER AND NONDUALITY
These parts really stood out for me: “There cannot be winning without losing. Right and left…right and wrong…these opposites get tricky. But the point is people are afraid of the negative one…’Don’t be negative. The power of positive thinking.’ That’s all nonsense. The negative is the source of the positive. And the whole of our – Read More –
October 22, 2013
WHAT IS REAL?
October 22, 2013
ONE CANNOT PLEASE ALL
A man and his son were once going with their donkey to market. As they were walking along by its side, a countryman passed them and said: “You fools, what is a donkey for but to ride upon?” So the man put the boy on the donkey and they went on their way. But soon – Read More –
October 12, 2013
ON LOSING EVERYTHING
Mulla came upon a frowning man walking along the road to town. “What’s wrong?” he asked. The man held up a tattered bag and moaned, “All that I own in this wide world barely fills this miserable, wretched sack.” “Too bad,” said Mulla, and with that, he snatched the bag from the man’s hands and – Read More –