The goal of ‘Liberation’ is to De-program our mistaken identity of being an ego mind body. The essential endeavors to become “Self-Realized” is a required process. Since we don’t really know who or what ‘we’ are, we can use negative deduction to whittle down the objects that are not Ultimately… our True Being. We are […]
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Fruition ( phala in Pali ) is the fruit of all the meditator’s hard work, the first attainment of ultimate reality, emptiness, nirvana, nibbana, ultimate potential, or whatever extrapolative and relatively inaccurate name you wish to call something utterly non – sensate. In this non – state, there is absolutely no time, no space, no
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The Instinctive Seeker would be wise to gain the common core Wisdoms from Buddha, Advaita Vedanta, Dzogchen, Zen, Tao, Judaism, and Islam… for starters… Even Christianity’s early roots gave meditation and spiritual contemplation a very strong recommendation for not taking someone else word for the ‘Word of God’, but to experientially experiencing the ‘Grace’ of Divinity. Even
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Religions are a belief system, taking someone else’s word for ‘Divinity’. Non-Duality Unity Consciousness is a system based on personal experience. ~ ~ ~ In a non-religious spiritual Path – part of the main goal is to become ‘Self Realized” … To know your True Self. To learn by experience that: You are not your
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We’ve relaxed our tensions, let go of any non-present moment objects like the past or the future… But those thoughts just keep popping up in our monkey mind. This is when it is helpful to just have one object of meditation… The breath. This is a good place to understand that the best way to
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Along a personal Spiritual Path, the self-inquiry of one’s ‘True Nature’ must be contemplated. If there is some part of ‘us’ that is eternal, or at least goes on somehow after this life… just what would that be…? Consider that whoever “we” think ‘we’ are can be deduced by negating the obvious, in Buddhism it’s
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Meditation deepens in stages. As you begin sitting at this early stage of this current meditation, you’re becoming more aware of the subtle nuances in the experience of any tensions, fears, or anxieties… relaxing them and just letting it all go… Don’t sit there an pine about the past, or fret about the future. If
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Silence is the language ‘God’ speaks, Meditation helps to still your body enough to open the door to your inner silence. Within this inner silence one can abide the boundless space of our True Nature, It is here deep within ourselves that we can hear the whispers of Wisdom flow through our Being. It is
Deepening an Awareness Within and Mindful Living? After many Wondrous Ceremonies of True Love… We all gaze out at the Sunset… There is often a deep expression or a Longing… for some sort of an ‘understanding‘ of… ~ The Inner Pull ~ Towards something that makes us inherently Feel like we must be part of something that is much bigger
“The development of Wisdom”. Though right concentration claims the last place among the factors of the Noble Eightfold Path, concentration itself does not mark the path’s culmination. The attainment of concentration makes the mind still and steady, unifies its concomitants, opens vast vistas of bliss, serenity, and power. But by itself it does not suffice
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Our business was doing great, but we still couldn’t afford to buy a house or a condo. Renting in Maui for another 30 years was not an option we wanted to take. Then, Bobbie Jo suggested we buy a sailboat that is comfortable to cruise and live in. By the end of January, we started looking for our new home.
After a long search, we found our dream boat in Mazatlan, Mexico. COVID-19 was not yet a concern when our boat hunt began, but masks were starting to appear at airports by the time we flew to Mazatlan. Originally, we had planned to get the boat ready as fast as possible to cover a full calendar for the busy wedding season. However, it was apparent our business was going to tank amid the pandemic, and the struggle went on until the end of the year.
Luckily, we scored an awesome condo for only $19 a day at Mazatlan. On the 10th day of our stay, we received the news that all harbors will be closed the next Monday morning. We thought we’d be stuck in Mexico longer, but another sailor advised us to leave before sunrise.
We felt the adrenalin of escaping the Mexican harbor master just before the sun rose that faithful day. The seas were rough as waves were building up in the tight channel that led us to the open ocean. We ended up anchored off an adorable little isle just a mile offshore. We enjoyed cruising to many spectacular anchorages and cute villages on our way to Puerto Vallarta, where we would depart for Maui on May 7. On May 30, 2020, we completed our 24-day passage from Mexico to Maui.
