God’s Best Gift to You – Mar. 30, 2023
“The dark night is God’s best gift to you, intended for your liberation. It is about freeing you from your ideas about God, your fears about God, your attachment to all the benefits you have been promised for believing in God, your devotion to the spiritual practices that are supposed to make you feel closer […]
A Certain Happiness – Sep. 8, 2021
“It is only when attachments disappear that one enters the boundless realm of spiritual freedom called love. One is now released to see and to respond. The orchestra is within you, and you carry it with you wherever you go. The things and people outside you merely determine what particular melody the orchestra will play. […]
Unattached – Sep. 24, 2020
“Once some robbers came into the monastery and said to one of the elders: “We have come to take away everything that is in your cell.” And he said: “My sons, take all you want.” So they took everything they could find in the cell and started off. But they left behind a little bag […]
Being Satisfied – Apr. 21, 2020
“名與身孰親？身與貨孰多？得與亡孰病？是故甚愛必大費，多藏必厚亡。知足不辱，知止不殆，可以長久。” –道德经, 第四十四章 “Your fame or your own body, which matters more?Your own body or wealth, which is more important?Your gain or your loss, which is more of a concern?Therefore, the more one attaches to things, the greater loss one suffers.The more one stores, the greater misfortune one bears.Being satisfied, one is not disgraced.The one who […]
