Outposts

Outposts

When we have reached the outposts of the mind, we are ready for the journey to the heart. – Francis Lucille
Real Nature

Real Nature

When your real, effortless, joyous nature is realized,  it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life. – Ramana Maharshi
Han San

Han San

Here where I’ve come to perch, are many deep and mysterious places men seldom speak of. No wind, and yet the vines sway; no mist, but the bamboo groves seem somehow always dusky. Who is it that the stream sobs for, or for whom do the mountain’s clouds stand suddenly...
Keep Quiet

Keep Quiet

Keep quiet, undisturbed, and wisdom will come on its own. Wait in silence of heart and mind, without the least desire, completely open to, and welcoming of, life as it happens. – Nisargadatta
Spiritual Talk

Spiritual Talk

We should make all spiritual talk simple today. God is trying to sell you something, but you don’t want to buy. That is what your suffering is: your fantastic haggling,  your manic screaming over the price! – Hafiz
Grace is always present.

Grace is always present.

 Grace is always present. You imagine it is something somewhere high in the sky,  far away, and has to descend. It is really inside you, in your Heart, and the moment you effect subsidence  or merger of the mind into its Source, grace rushes forth, sprouting as a...