Internal & external

Internal and external are ultimately one.
When you no longer perceive the world as hostile,
there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear,
you think, speak and act differently.
Love and compassion arise,
and they affect the world.

Eckhart Tolle

The habitual and reactive “no” strengthens the ego. “Yes” weakens it. Your form identity, the ego, cannot survive surrender.
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“Doing one thing at a time” is how one Zen Master defined the essence of Zen.
Doing one thing at a time means to be total in what you do, to give it your complete attention. This is surrendered action - empowered action.
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Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a story through which you interpret this moment and then try to resign yourself to it.
For instance, you may have a disability and can't walk anymore. The condition is as it is.
Perhaps your mind is now creating a story that says, “This is what my life has come to. I have ended up in a wheelchair. Life has treated me harshly and unfairly. I don't deserve this.”
Can you accept the isness of this moment and not confuse it with a story the mind has created around it?

Wake up!

It is mind that is your sleep. You are sleeping either in the past or in the future. Both are ways of sleeping.When I say, "Wake up!" again and again, when Buddha says, "Wake up!" a simple phenomenon is indicated. Come to the present.
Osho

The Now

A great deal of what people say,
think, or do is actually motivate by fear,
which of course is always linked with having
your focus on the future and being
out of touch with the Now.
As there are no problems in the Now,
there is no fear either. ~ ( Eckhart Tolle)

Who am I ?

What a liberation to realize that
the "voice in my head" is not who I am.
Who am I then?
The one who sees that.

Aware of Your Own Awareness

The only way out of ignorance
and out of this dark night of the soul,
is to be aware of your own being,
aware of your own awareness.
In that moment when you are
aware of your own awareness,
everything stops, time stops.
Suddenly you are beyond time
and beyond space, and a door opens
which makes you part of the whole.

Your nature is the buddha

To find a buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
Your nature is the buddha.
And the buddha is the person who's free:
free of plans, free of cares.
If you don't see your nature
and run around all day looking somewhere else,
you'll never find a buddha.
The truth is, there's nothing to find.
But to reach such an understanding
you need a teacher and you need to struggle
to make yourself understand. . . .
If you don't find a teacher soon,
you'll live this life in vain.
It's true, you have the buddha-nature.
But without the help of a teacher you'll never know it.
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened
without a teacher's help.
If, though, by the conjunction of conditions,
someone understands what the Buddha meant,
that person doesn't need a teacher.
Such a person has a natural awareness superior to anything taught.
But unless you're so blessed,
study hard, and by means of instruction you'll understand. ~ ( Bodhidharma)

Awareness

The world is not the problem,The problem
is your unawareness. Renounce your
unawareness, don't be bothered with
renouncing the world. What can the world
do to you? The basic thing is your
meditativeness. Your awareness.

Ignorance

To realize that our knowledge is ignorance,
This is a noble insight.
To regard our ignorance as knowledge,
This is mental sickness.
Only when we are sick of the sickness
Shall we cease to be sick.
The Sage is not sick,
being sick of sickness;
This is the secret of health. - Lao Tzu

Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meaness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whomever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Silence

Silence is Golden; it has divine power and immense energy. Try to pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: the mind becomes still. Every sound is born out of silence, dies back into silence, and during its life span is surrounded by silence. Silence enables the sound tobe. It is an intrinsic but unmanifested part of every sound, every musical note, every song, and every word. The unmanifested is present in this world as silence. All you have to do is pay attention to it. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Ego

The ego isn't wrong; it's just unconscious. When you observe the ego in yourself, you are beginning to go beyond it. Don't take the ego too seriously. When you detect egoic behavior in yourself, smile. At times you may even laugh. How could humanity have been taken in by this for so long? Above all, know that the ego isn't personal. It isn't who you are. If you consider the ego to be your personal problem, that's just more ego. ~ eckhart Tolle

I AM

Who am I?
...a Label?
a Form? a ...
Then what?
LISTEN carefully:
I AM!
But Beyond any intellectual concepts,
Far away from any Crap philosophies.
And 'you' can not know Me if you are a mind-beggar!
I AM!
B E Y O N D
...but, AM I ...One?
AM I ...two?
AM I ...Many?
AM I ...None ?
I AM.
Absolute, ...Here & Now!
...but, I AM ...Not ...a "What".
I AM ...Not ...a "how".
I AM ...Not ...a "how many".
I AM ...Not ...a "who".
I AM ...and ...that is ... IT.
Anything else, ...IS NOT ...Me!

Loneliness & Aloneness

Loneliness is where
you are missing the other.
Aloneness is when
you are finding yourself.

Belief & Trust

Belief is like plastic flowers, which look like
flowers from far away.
Trust is real rose.
It has roots, and roots go deep into your heart
and into your being.

The Mind

The mind is given to you,
you are not given to the mind. [Yogi Bhajan]

Zen Teaching

All you who seek the Way
Please,
Do not waste this moment Now.

The way to freedom

There are no rules for living, because you are unique. Find your truth in each moment and dare to live it.That is the way to freedom.

The real rose

Belief is like plastic flowers, which look like flowers from far away.Trust is real rose. It has roots, and roots go deep into your heart and into your being.

Osho

When you feel expansion of your consciousness, that is the most ecstatic experience possible, because suddenly you are the whole universe. Stars are within you. The sun rises within you and sets within you. The earth moves within you. The flowers blossom within you.

Leela

No-existence is the source of life. God is all that exists in all realms. Your separation is a play of God. Soon you will remember and laugh.

A primary hypothesis to verify

Accept the challenge to become a seeker of truth with a primary hypothesis to verify : Consciousness is all there is and I am part of that.

Contrast

Your reunion in the ecstasy of enlightenment requires a context of separation and suffering to add the necessary contrast to your soul's journey of evolution. Contrast is vital for a good story and God is the ultimate storyteller. Maitreya Ishwara

Waking Up - It's Not What You Think

Throughout history, traditions have evolved to asist the experience of awakening. Yet rarely do people wake up as a result of techniques. You cannot do anything to attain this state. Yet something, beyond the mind, is possible. Paul Lowe

At this moment

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment. Eckhart Tolle