What Happens When You Jump

I recently had a slow day. I’ve been running around so busily lately, and my meditation practice is helping me to be able to see what my mind does. On this slow day, I didn’t strive to get things done, to accomplish, to move ahead. I didn’t hurry. I took my time with each small [...]

Life is a trick. There’s this illusion of Am-ness which is necessary somehow. Through this portal, our physicality and essences, we develop stories, egos, beliefs and the challenges or suffering that ultimately calls us to reach outside of ourselves and transcend. Illusion and the necessary story accumulated through this give a sense of linear time.
Somehow.
And [...]

Making choices has been feeling very specific (again and still.) There are very few things I can do and feel balanced, well, happy. There are many opportunities: classes, concerts, people, places. I can be with José, but how much do I want to be with him? I don’t have time to spare doing something that [...]

November, 2008
I often have opinions of my feelings, what comes up…that it is too trite, that I shouldn’t be so bothered by “this”. Another way I choose to view it is that it IS important. It’s of UTMOST importance. Because life is not a race nor a goal. I won’t be good enough “someday” and [...]