Send us a text What if everything you experience – thoughts, emotions, sensations, even the world itself –arises nowhere other than within the mind? This is not a philosophical idea to be believed, but a truth to be directly known. Like a night dream that feels utterly real until the moment of waking, our waking life appears solid and external until awareness turns back upon itself. This reflection explores how we fall into confusion, how wisdom naturally co-emerges, and how meditation gently...
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Send us a text What if everything you experience – thoughts, emotions, sensations, even the world itself –arises nowhere other than within the mind? This is not a philosophical idea to be believed, but a truth to be directly known. Like a night dream that feels utterly real until the moment of waking, our waking life appears solid and external until awareness turns back upon itself. This reflection explores how we fall into confusion, how wisdom naturally co-emerges, and how meditation gently...
A peak experience is a fleeting moment of profound inner peace, harmony, flow, and oneness. It’s T.S. Eliot’s image of children playing innocently in the apple tree, Wordsworth’s moment of splendor in the grass, or you and I “lost” in nature, wonderment, exuberance, beauty, art, intimacy, dance, or, music. It’s when the music, the playing, and the musician become one. Most individuals have had a peak experience, but missed its meaning. What on the surface appeared to be a pleasant momen...
Meditation and Beyond
Send us a text What if everything you experience – thoughts, emotions, sensations, even the world itself –arises nowhere other than within the mind? This is not a philosophical idea to be believed, but a truth to be directly known. Like a night dream that feels utterly real until the moment of waking, our waking life appears solid and external until awareness turns back upon itself. This reflection explores how we fall into confusion, how wisdom naturally co-emerges, and how meditation gently...