by Infinite Smile | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog, Book: Awake in This Life
This entry comes from the book, Awake in This Life. _____ Only a Buddha with a Buddha realizes enlightenment. Lotus Sutra All real living is meeting. Martin Buber When I see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see that I am everything, that is love. And...
by Infinite Smile | Aug 10, 2009 | Blog
Last week’s NYTimes.com posted a nice piece by Norman Fischer: As most people know, a Zen meditation retreat is not a vacation. Despite the silence and the beauty, despite the respite from the busyness, the experience can be grueling. The meditation practice is...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 26, 2008 | Blog, Book: Awake in This Life
Choosing to become intimate with Awareness requires a constancy of both attention and intention. Neither the attention, nor the intention, is a fixed entity, and yet they can easily become attachments if we aren’t careful. On the other hand, if we don’t...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 15, 2008 | Blog, Book: Awake in This Life
As we come off the Mountain of Spirit, we recognize how little about us needs to be defended. This is because we have begun to build lives out of our realization of Emptiness. This Emptiness is the Source of everything. This Source, once again, is totally still and...
