The moment we become passive in relaxation — slipping into the subconscious and letting our minds wander in restless thoughts or drift into daydreaming — we actually diminish our level of relaxation. This is why deep meditation, even though it requires great energy and focus, is so much more relaxing than sleep.
Most people live on the surface of life. But it is by deep-sea diving in the ocean of thought that you receive the pearls of knowledge.
feel the rhythm with your hands
steal the rhythm while you can, spoonman
speak the rhythm on your own
speak the rhythm all alone, spoonman spoonman, come together with your hands
save me, i’m together with your plan
save me
You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
when you fall everyone stands
another day and you’ve had your fill of sinking
with the life held in your
hands are shaking cold these hands are meant to hold
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streets from the municipality of Mies, Switzerland ~ April 2016.
Look fear in the face and it will cease to trouble you.
the lion’s outside of your door
the wolf’s in your bed
the lion’s claws are sharpened for war
the wolf’s teeth are red
and what a monstrous sight he makes mocking man’s best friend
In this path there is no loss of the unfinished effort for realization, nor is there creation of contrary effects.
’twas in another lifetime one of toil and blood
when blackness was a virtue, the road was full of mud
i came in from the wilderness a creature void of form
and if i pass this way again you can rest assured
i’ll always do my best for her on that i give my word
in a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm
“come in,” she said, “i’ll give you shelter from the storm.”
Buddha-nature can also be understood as the primordial reality from which phenomenal reality springs or the changeless reality empty of only that which is other than itself.
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