A few words of meditation on the significance and meaning of life. Listen. Watch. Learn and grow. Within the empty folds of meaninglessness there is a pointing, guiding hand. It is up to each of us to decide where it is pointing and why. In this moment I reside and…

Free yourself by emptying your mind Quiet the mind. Let all thoughts flow past. Let each thought fall away as it appears. Now, there is nothing but emptiness. Nothing remains except the blank space. But you don’t like that. Emptiness makes you feel uncomfortable. You have spent your life in utter fear and desperate avoidance of…

Let go — chop wood. Let go — carry water. — You don’t know how to express what you are feeling. Your shoulders are hunched to protect your soul from the world. But this is no way to live. When you are caught up in trying to be someone you are not… you die inside. You’ve been covering up who you…

The simple solution to begin getting things done. Procrastination is the ultimate indulgence. You delay what needs to be done to feel slightly better in the short term. This is a choice you consciously make. You choose to put off what you know is the best, right, or important thing to do. The problem is, doing what needs…

Choosing to be free no matter what you have to do This is the second part of a 2 part essay — read the first part here. The links in this story are not affiliate links. Keep the big picture in mind — it’s not easy Further to the responsibilities you choose in your life, you have an ultimate responsibility to yourself: you are responsible for what you do. This is…

Action always trumps thought. Summary: 15 second read in which action comes out on top of thought, yet again. This is where it all began, supposedly. With a thought. But did anything actually happen when the thought was thought? No. Nothing happens when you think. Thoughts can make you feel things. Depressed, unmotivated, lonely…

How thoughts destroy reality and how to get it back — What’s Brain going to do today? Brain thinks. Then, Brain thinks more. Then Brain think think think thinks. What does Mind have to say? Mind says you are thinking. Mind plays with the thoughts Brain thinks. Mind has a comment for every thought. Most comments are snarky and negative. Mind…

The result of choice in a free world As an adult, how do you feel about responsibility? Do you see your obligations as a ring around your neck? Is everything that you are responsible for a weight that keeps you down? Or are your obligations and responsibilities an outgrowth of the decisions and choices you have made, and…

What is the pace of life “supposed” to be? Have you observed nature recently? Do you see and hear the birds flying over, the small animals of the neighborhood or countryside foraging for food? The tree, with its leaves blowing lightly in the wind, its trunk strong and steady? The grasses and weeds, slowly growing by the day? Is…