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Tag Archives: Will Rauschenberger
Rise Above, Just Be
How to handle the apparent distinctions and differences that divide us, from the Zen perspective.
Don’t Ignore It!
Ignoring, denying, or pushing away anything we consider uncomfortable is why we are uncomfortable!
This Mind Alone, There Is No Other Mind
Taking responsibility for your life and liberation are not different.
I have no words, a walk down the road of habit
I have no words. There’s nothing I can give you that you don’t already have. There’s nothing I can add to what you already are. So we use words because we’ve forgotten who we are in our ignorance. We walk down the road of habit energy, it drags us along like a chain, and we struggle. As we go down the path of getting to know ourselves, we discover that there are options for us that we didn’t think we […]
Life’s Trauma And Liberation
Zen is not mental replacement therapy for your self image.
Loving Kindness Is Not An Idea
You cannot think your way into Loving Kindness…
The Primordial Darkness
Did Buddha pierce right through the primordial darkness of ignorance?
Relaxing In What Is
Opening the hand of thought.
Seeking Validation
You are a unique expression of the universal.