Nonduality

Give up all questions except one: ‘Who am I?' After all, the only fact you are sure of is that you are.

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trusting the natural intelligence of the universe and letting go into its rhythm—is a remarkably peaceful and grounding perspective. It sounds almost like the ultimate form of mindfulness, aligning oneself completely with the flow of existence.

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“Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea.”

~Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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The word 'philosophy' means the love of wisdom, the love of truth in daily life. It is not an abstraction. You can traditionalise what another says about truth, and so through tradition destroy truth. That's what you have done in India. You have repeated traditionally, verbally, in various languages and symbols and drama and all the rest of it a series of traditions. And the repetition of those traditions denies totally what truth is. The word 'tradition' means 'to hand over'. And people have educated us in what they think. They have handed to us what they have experienced about reality, about truth. What they have described is not the truth. Description is one thing and the described another. We are caught in the descriptions. When you read your Gita or the Upanishads, they are the expressions of other people. And when you repeat endlessly what others have said, you are merely living a second-hand life. And freedom is... lies away from the entanglement of tradition.

J. Krishnamurti

Public Talk 3 New Delhi, India - 01 December 1973

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In this world we get so caught up in being perfect that we forget that spiritual practice is actually about practicing. And even if we “fail the test” when difficult situations arise, the universe is gracious. Its nature is renewal. No matter what, we can always begin again. This is the blessing of impermanence.

Jack Kornfield

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Paradox as it may seem, we likewise find life meaningful only when we have seen that it is without purpose, and know the “mystery of the universe” only when we are convinced that we know nothing about it at all.

Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

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“It is only when there is no goal and no rush that the human senses are fully open to receive the world.”

Alan Watts

stepping away from the relentless drive to achieve or arrive somewhere else so you can truly exist in the present moment.

When do we ever open like that? Even for a little while not to have a goal and not to rush does happen. I want that for all of us.

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the ultimate liberation from ignorance. It is the realization that you are not the limited body or mind, but rather the eternal, infinite divine consciousness.

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r u capable of staying close to yourself even at the cost of walking against the herd?

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Walking against the herd is not only possible but required to break free from worldly illusions and uncover your inner truth.

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I hope that you have more compassion for yourself, and that you allow yourself to make mistakes. Remember: Mistakes are how you grow. And as you make a mess of them, like I have, you’ll realize, like I have, that many things you thought were mistakes weren’t mistakes at all. And you’ll be free from any chains, any judgments, any misunderstandings that people may have placed on you or that you’ve placed on yourself.

Your life is in your hands. That’s what I’ve learned. I’m no longer trapping myself in a very small cage.

I feel free.

— David Archuleta, Devout