You Be You & I'll Be Me
Recently I read a Facebook post by a Spiritual Teacher, saying wise stuff about consciousness and common sense and how we are obviously a Self and that clearly awakening is about yada yada yada. … read more…
Playing Dead
For about 2 weeks last month it looked like I possibly had cancer.
Turns out I don’t, so NO WORRIES.
Perhaps this will sound strange but in those couple of weeks, I was
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The Thought Maze
What’s for dinner? My arm’s asleep. You’re doing that wrong. I shouldn’t have said that. Are those carrots? I’m wasting my life. They don’t like me. Oh what a pretty flower! I need to do something. I don’t get it. I want to get it. I’ll never get it. There’s not enough money. I’m bad. My shoelace is untied. I’m alone unloved and abandoned. I don’t like this. I do like this. Like, like, like. Don’t like, don’t like, don’t like. I’ll never be good enough. I’m too old. Where’s the cat?
Thought. It’s what’s for dinner. Always something to chew on… read more…
Location, Location, Location
Where’s you? The real, true you, whatever that is?
For most of us, the immediate, obvious answer is, “Duh, I’m right here!”
And if asked what knows that … read more…
Does This 'Like'
Make Me Look Bad?
“Today on Facebook I saw how great my friends are doing- all their beautiful, clever, and authentically touching posts, and I felt so peaceful and happy.”
Said no one ever.
No one goes on social media and feels better. In fact, … read more…
Eradicating The Self
Ah people living everyday life. So complicated, so messy, so boring, agitating and full of this-isn’t-rights, All that unwanted craziness, lust, addiction, fear, and trying to get others to play nice.
So much wrong. I mean…… read more…
See ya later, ego
This being a person thing …
It’s kind of a pain in the *ss.
I mean, sure Judy’s cute and all.
But she’s also prone to inconvenient thoughts and feelings, bodily functions that … read more…
Unlovable You
People think they are unlovable.
Not in the sense of thinking about it all the time or constantly crying Woe Is Me, but… Read more…
A little tale of blah blah blah
Once upon a time we were tiny babies.
And we were smiling little things.
Happy little experiencers.
Kinda like puppies.
Diaper full? cry. Belly full? smile. Fingers wiggling? coo.
No evaluation. No analysis. No judgment.
Just life-ing.
And then language got ahold of us…. read more…
Feelings, woe woe woe feelings
Feeeelings, nothing more than feeeelings. 🎶
Gosh feelings seem important don’t they?
So demanding of attention.
I mean, it’s not like we can ignore when we’re hurting, can we. … read more…
Got Free Will?
People want to know if they have free will.
I mean, people reeeeeaaalllly want. to. know.
For millennia people have been asking, “Do I control my…. read more…
But what does this mean?
My sweet little cat Teeny climbs onto my lap wanting some petting.
She bumps her head into my writing hand. She puts out her paw to bring my hand back when it has the nerve to move away.
She wants love. She wants… read more…
Do NOT have fun with this
It’s all so stinkin' serious…this enlightenment business.
Isn’t it?
It’s important, earnest, deep, necessary.
It matters.
This spiritual awakening stuff is vewy vewy serious… read more…
SEX
Let’s talk about sex, bay-bee.
Wait, what?
No no no that can’t be right.
We don’t talk a whole lot about sex in spiritual circles.
We’re all about the light, the upward, the transcendence.
If sex is discussed at all, it’s…. read more…
Things aren't going so great
Ever notice how much unhappiness comes from circumstances and situations that are not to our liking?
Witness how unhappy we get in the face of sullen… read more…
Enlightenment #1
You want enlightenment, dammit.
You’ve read the books, heard the stories, seen the ones who seem to have something you don’t have.
They have it. They got there. They tell their story and how they did it and how you can maybe too if only you do xyz.
But you? Not so much. read more…
What does Self have to do with my Suffering?
It's miserable to be depressed or anxious, isn't it?
When we're in the middle of an emotional storm, we can't ignore that intensity. It demands attention and we want quick solutions.
“This feels awful. Make it stop! NOW!” read more…
But I dont wannnnna
Lately I’ve been working with a lot of people who struggle to get motivated.
I mean, there’s a whole lot of stuff not getting done out there.
People stall on taxes, drag out launching the new business, don't write that book. read more…
Don't ever die
Last summer I put my treasured kitty Muffin to sleep.
Such sadness. Such loss.
The vet put Muffin on my shoulder and I rocked her as she purred and the vet administered the fatal shot.
Muffin kept purring. Then the purring… read more…
I LIKE this!
Think about all the things that happen in a day that you don’t like.
We’ll wait a moment; this will take a while.
I like chocolate. I don’t like this song. Fear- don’t like it. Money- like it! I don’t.. read more…
The money terror
A whole lot of people are scared to death about money.
Not having any. Not having enough. Running out of what’s here now and living out of a shopping cart under a bridge.
Of course you realize that if…read more…
What's this SEEM like?
I used to think I was a bad person.
Like, Incredible Hulk bad.
It seemed like it was true.
I tried to prove it by pointing to a direct, take-no-prisoners style and inability to suffer fools...
(Something those of you who work with me… read more…
Seeking better
Today’s Mind-Tickler is brought to you by the words “Better” and
“How Long?”
The other day a lovely 84 year old woman told me, "I'll never accept what my body looks like now. Never!"
In your own life perhaps there are also situations and feelings that..
Are. Not. Acceptable.. read more
Chasing the unicorn
Oh dear.
See that meme above?
Such an unfair unreasonable illogical crock of... carrot... it is.
Look at … read more…
What’s wrong with you?
Seriously.
Make a list.
Go for it, hold nothing back, no one will see this list but you. Think about you at home, at work, with others, with partners and wish-they-were partners, in traffic, at the dentist, in bed.
Notice there IS a list. read more…
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