an effort towards understanding no effort

it's not just that effort isn't needed, but effort itself is of the dual mind resulting in a choice; thus understanding is the only way

to equate 'no effort' with 'already there' is a great mistake of the mind and not an understanding of 'no-mind'

thus it is not written

revelations

*prologue

Two is an interpretation of one; one is the form of emptiness.

I just remembered I know absolutely nothing about today!

Living is the Book of Revelations.


*story

I was standing on a dune overlooking the sea and a flock of geese flew by my vision and I saw the moon for the first time in my life!

That moon was pale and gibbous, barely visible against the powder-blue afternoon sky, but its presence felt astronomical.

Suddenly I saw I didn't know the sea or the waves crashing on the shore or the narrow strand of beach or this height of a dune or me.

And these landforms became colors turned to patterns to energy, emptiness and I disappeared like a grain of sand in the silent wind.

petals

ten thousand skies this morning after the cleansing petals of rain have fallen

all that is holy cannot be written on a single piece of paper

Consciousness in the Self is not self-consciousness

being an easeful warrior

there is only one life

turn the senses outside in

not only is the whole world for you; it is you

choiceless

choose nothing

in the church of the choiceless

x is equal to not x

I've got no expectations
~Jagger/Richards

there is nothing to do but understand

understanding is slow poison to the mind

there is no effort in opening your eyes

easy does it; you don't do a thing

fly like a butterfly, be like a bee

An Unknown Adventure

The only thing that’s known is
what I think I know.
But what I think I know is
only what I think.
Outside of thought awaits
the great unknown.

     (The river knows the way
     inviting one to stay
     within the current of its flow
     from thoughts of highest elevation
     to the unknown sea below.)

     The fire of consciousness
     expresses action thru the body
     as the earth erupting in delight
     of its creation like a child
     before a lava lamp.

Beneath the fault there lies
the core revealing that
there never was a fault
but just a quaking from the lack
of taking heart from heart.


Out of the blue there comes
a flash and everything comes
crashing towards the point
where one is dashing towards—
then clear, it disappears.


~Son Rivers 2010

lifeshine

smile and
feel the sun inside
and know that
you are That

see that
every heartful mindful
action is
a solar flare of love

burn
belief
baby
burn!

3 line koem

just imagine a world without imagination

it's so simple it's unbelievably complicated

there's nothing wrong with talking to yourself--as long as you listen

some factors

six billion minds; one heart

thinking about the now misses the entire point of the now

there is no there

existence is just enough

breath alone is my gospel

no definition is ever definite

if it's logical, it's just not true

this vitual keyboard is too small for my fingertips

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"--that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. ~John Keats

what is not beautiful

stay unfocused!

innocence is never lost; it’s just covered up by all this pointless knowledge

the ground is still beneath the snow

paradise was never lost; I was lost in I

Self = innocence = reality = truth = beauty = paradise = NowHere

no word

No words but ones that destroy two.

Your words and thoughts are the most powerful force within your life on earth; in fact, they are your life on earth.

Not only are your words this life on earth, but they help create life on earth for any that may hear them who yet are not aware.

Each and every word you speak and think is equivalent to what the scientific mindset calls the Big Bang.

But I would prefer to have every word I speak and think be Big Love instead.

But no word is best word.

from pulpit rock

seeing seals in a sea of sun

an island floating in a cloud of its reflection

two loons are playing hide-and-seek within a deep blue void

the line that sea and sky decide is neither now is my horizon

not in your mind

looking at the concept of snow outside my window.

throwing snowballs with every circular thought.

this room is full of nothing but the kitchen sink.

yet everything ultimately melts in the heart.

water water everywhere and not a drop to think.

fire in the heart

at moments in this life-illusion, we've touched true reality in the heart, and that encounter by itself has shocked dry existence into tears

those moments are closer to the truth than all the dry philosophies (including some nondual too) I've since encountered....

....if it ain't got heart, it's just more mental masturbation

of course, on the other hand, there are corporations that exist just to feed a steady stream of manipulated images made to touch the heart

these corporations (or individuals) may be the ultimate drug dealers since they supply a dose of actual reality without an ounce of truth

without the truth, it's easy for the self to get addicted to the warmth of the heart, and not dissolve itself within its fires

many religions are drug-dealers too, pushing the warmth and forgetting the fire

too cold. too warm. just right: the fire of the blissful heart of being.

potentially an unknown winter song

winter is full of potential

the earth doesn't sleep beneath a blanket of snow; it wears a white robe and meditates

trees aren't bare; they're in the middle of changing

winter birds float a subtle incense of song

the evergreen still stand aware

and I embrace the cold unknown

Sweet Lies

It's not a matter of seeking the true you; it's a matter of letting go the lie: the burden of the past.

     (Truth is the third rail that has always been there. Touch it. [zap])

     Listen like the silent lake receiving the truth of the wind.

Avoid the sweet intent of politics and religion as much as the sour.


There is always that inarticulate speech of the heart. Speak.

heart and control

'heart' is a term used to define that innate intelligence (consciousness) of the manifest body

to move through the heart rather than the mind means action following that innate intelligence through messages called intuition

the mind literally knows nothing; the heart knows all

the mind is a closed system loop; the heart is the open connection to consciousness

maybe intuition is the heart leaking into a crack in the mind

hence, the fool knows

the mind tries to control the heart in the way western civilization tries to control nature; the results are pretty ugly

surrender is the simply the mind ceding control to the heart (innate intelligence of consciousness)

of course no one surrenders until they truly see they are not in control anyways; this is the work of jnana

it’s classic when the mind says there's nothing to surrender because it was never in control and then continues on its merry way controlling

awareness is realized through the heart; that's why Nisargadatta called it Affectionate Awareness

in the end, jnana joins with bhakti, and vice versa, then self-destructs

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Dreaming

looking at the shadows
of bare trees upon the snow,
avoiding all the clear bright light
that falls like I don't know!

Embodying Truth

Ramana Maharshi's gift to the world was not that he realized the Self. Many people have had a deep realization of the Self. Ramana's real gift was that he embodied that realization so thoroughly. It is one thing to realize the Self; it is something else altogether to embody that realization to the extent that there is no gap between inner revelation and its outer expression. Many have glimpsed the realization of Oneness; few consistently express that realization through their humanness. It is one thing to touch a flame and know it is hot, but quite another to jump into that flame and be consumed by it.

~Adyashanti

Tricky Thoughts

The difference between desire and enjoyment is a razor-thin line

It's best not to straddle it.

Did you hear about the American in Nirvana who left in a huff because the service was just atrocious?

I look around me and wonder how much of this would I be willing to sacrifice?

The mind identifies with every object that it thinks it owns.

It’s easy to say I don’t exist as long my furniture does.

This, of course, is the real 'meaning' of the crucifixion of Christ: true sacrifice.

How far are 'you' really willing to let it go.

The mind is the ultimate trickster.

It's like a mother with a child at the ocean: ok, you've touched a wave. Now let's go home and have a nice supper. And dessert!

In other words, saying it and being it are two radically different things.

Actually the question is, how far am I really willing to let it go.

I need to clarify this for myself. Seeing the truth and living the truth are two different things.

The mind can see the truth. And there are moments when “I” know the truth. But being the truth is now something completely different.

It’s easy to live in relative luxury and experience moments of the truth. The mind (aka thoughts) will certainly allow that.

The socially-conditioned mind is like a good mother; it will let you play in the waves, and lead you to believe that it’s the ocean.

Never misunderestimate the mind!

Further!