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Creativity, the self, and Awakening

December 28, 2020 ~ Five ~ Leave a comment

Creative expression - a self-absorbed waste of time? Our presence in the world – illusory self, or skilful means to Awakening?

If

November 22, 2020 ~ Five ~ 3 Comments

If time stopped... If space is curved... If you are one self... ...click here for the answers

What is Buddha Nature?

July 13, 2020 ~ Five ~ 1 Comment

You are not the self you think you are, but you are not nothing. Discover what you are... [read on]

Shyness, a wasted opportunity

Pieces of Five on shyness
May 29, 2020 ~ Five ~ 1 Comment

We never have the experience of others seeing us...
The two-part remedy for shyness is:

The Watcher, or Witness

April 9, 2020 ~ Five ~ 2 Comments

In Buddhist meditation the process of becoming your own Watcher may be discouraged as being a dead-end, a mistake to avoid. I take a different view... [read on]

My Place of Safety

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 ~ Five ~ 4 Comments

Our underlying nature is fearlessness - having nothing to defend, being nothing vulnerable. How can we offer others this peace?

Dictionary 3

August 13, 2019 ~ Five ~ 4 Comments

FRIEND - someone who nurtures your ego, i.e. an enemy.
ENEMY - someone who threatens your ego, a true friend.
THINKING...

Natural response to insight arising

June 14, 2019June 23, 2019 ~ Five ~ 1 Comment

Insight is itself a not-self not-other experience... a not-self not-other gratefulness experience is a natural response.

Dictionary 2

February 16, 2019 ~ Five ~ 2 Comments

SELF - A thought that there is something separate from thought which has thoughts.

Progressive Stages of Experiencing Emptiness

January 12, 2019January 24, 2019 ~ Five ~ 4 Comments

What is, and what is not, enlightenment? Don't get off at the wrong stop!

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