I was meditating in my big stuffy purple chair in front of my altar the other day and i noticed an index card on the table next to me. An … Continue reading Straightforward Presence
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The Two Absorptions
I was in the airport today, looking around at people’s faces. What I saw were faces of minds filled with stories. Each person’s mind filled up with their activity and … Continue reading The Two Absorptions
Interpersonal Hunger
All this fall, I have felt a very deep shock after studying Greg Kramer’s “3 hungers in relationships”: The craving for interpersonal pleasure and sensual pleasures The craving for being, … Continue reading Interpersonal Hunger
Compassionate Presence
Every now and then, I have to let go of my ideas of “Zen” or enlightenment. Over the years, I build up a construction of what I think enlightenment is … Continue reading Compassionate Presence