A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Return to the second part of the koan: When all things return to one, where does the one return to? If you truly have no idea, that is very good. Let this “no idea” be your companion for the day.
As you move through your activities, notice whenever the mind starts to rebuild a fragmented, imaginary world of separate things and separate selves. At that moment, lightly ask, “Where does the one return to?” Use the question not to get an answer but to wake up from the trance of separation.
In an excerpt from this week’s video, Haemin Sunim reflects on his prior beliefs about meditation and resistance to what is, and offers a practice for realizing non-duality.
Tibetan Lama Za Choeje Rinpoche describes how to be aware of awareness in our day-to-day lives, and what we’ll gain if we integrate this contemplation into everyday living.
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