The radiant source is not something that can be known. It is already your true nature. It can never be lost, nor can it be attained. Just quiet the mind and abandon all conceptual thinking. In stillness does it appear, like the sun rising.
Not knowing how near the Truth is, people seek it far away. What a pity!
Feeling this one today!
We spend most of our time thinking about how to increase our pleasure and how to avoid pain. Meditation is actually intended to be a game changer – the emphasis is on becoming aware of the whole situation rather than constantly skewing toward pleasure and security. Awareness is the game changer.
(via abiding-in-peace)
There is a common misunderstanding among the human beings who have ever been born on earth that the best way to live is to try to avoid pain and just try to get comfortable. You see this even in insects and animals and birds. All of us are the some. A much more interesting, kind and joyful approach to life is to begin to develop our curiosity, not caring whether the object of our curiosity is bitter or sweet. To lead to a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our own terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize that we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what this world is, how we tick and how our world ticks, how the whole thing just is. If we are committed to comfort at any cost, as soon as we come up against the least edge of pain, we’re going to run; we’ll never know what’s beyond that particular barrier or wall or fearful thing…Ordinarily we are swept away by habitual momentum. We don’t interrupt our patterns even slightly. With practice, however, we learn to stay with a broken heart, with a nameless fear, with the desire for revenge. Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears.
M Y T H O L O G Y: Irish mythology →
Púca
Púca,
pooka or phouka are one of the most feared and mischievous of all the faeries in Ireland
and considered to be bringers both of good and bad fortune. These creatures were said to be shape changers which could take the appearance of black horses, goats and rabbits. They may also take a human form, which includes various animal features, such as ears or a tail.
The only reason we don’t open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don’t feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else’s eye.
the Good Heretic 