Thoughts on the Big Mystery

Blinders are what are put around horses' eyes to help them stay focused. It forces them to concentrate on going forward, and not get distracted by the larger world.

This is an interesting distinction to make in order to understand what awakening and enlightenment are.

I don't know what your particular situation is, but I know you are a human on the same planet as I am, and I invite you to take part in an effort to transform our planet into a peaceful and productive place for all.

1. Yes, this existence, this life, is a total and complete mystery to all of us. We ignore this fact almost all the time, but it is our situation that we have no idea where we come from or what this all is that surrounds us. In the face of these facts, we should be grateful for the experience in an amazing place, and ...

Now if you can drop out of the trance and break the spell of always, always feeling yourself through the WHO, and instead investigate the WHAT of you - well, you're onto something.

Trying to clear your mind? Stuck in an unproductive thought pattern? Felling sad or depressed? Look up, literally, you will think less when you look up.

A mysterious being walking around in a mysterious world. This is the actual truth to our situation where we are.

The Indian Yogi and guru, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaja was instructed by his guru to relentlessly focus on the feeling of I Am.

This is a quote credited to the Jamaican musician Bob Marley, and though the exact words said are probably not right, the meaning is pretty clear. Just being alive and experiencing this reality can be seen as an incredible gift.

Buddhism is a method for reducing or eliminating suffering for humans. There are no Gods to believe in, or leaps of faith to make, it is really just a set of recommended practices. In very current language, it is an algorithm - a set of steps one takes to achieve a result. The result in this case is the ending of suffering for humans....