by Bill Walz “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” ~ Kris Kristofferson, Janis Joplin Central to Buddhist teaching, and the teaching of all true non-duality spiritual masters, is the concept of liberation. Generally this is referring to liberation from suffering. However, the path to the liberation fromContinue Reading
part 2 of 2 by Bill Walz “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? – MatthewContinue Reading
Part 1 of 2 by Bill Walz “Our suffering is holy if we embrace it and look deeply into it. If we don’t, it isn’t holy at all. We just drown in the ocean of our suffering.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of The Buddha’s Teaching In northern India,Continue Reading
by Bill Walz “A meditative practice is not some “airy-fairy” process, but a way of getting in touch with our own life… it will have its effect on every phase of our life, on our relationships, our work, everything.” ~ Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen What do we want fromContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Evolution occurs in a cosmic context, on a planet under a star, so terrestrially evolved brains are well equipped to construct a rich and accurate cosmological story… the Universe has, in a sense, made us in its own image — meaning we’ve evolved with a natural abilityContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “The collective egoic mind is the most dangerously insane and destructive entity ever to inhabit this planet. What do you think will happen on this planet if human consciousness remains unchanged?” ~ Eckhart Tolle In 1966, Alan Watts, the great British-born American-transplant, San Francisco-beat-guru, imp-genius Orientalist philosopherContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Forgive them; they know not what they do.” ~ Jesus There is a story about the Dalai Lama in which he is asked whether he hates the Chinese. His answer was, to paraphrase, that since the Chinese had taken his homeland and his people from him, “shouldContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “The way to practice true Zen is… just open yourself and give up everything… This is what it means to surrender… Without losing yourself by sticking to a particular rule or understanding, keep finding yourself, moment after moment… to have complete experience or full feeling in eachContinue Reading
by Bill Walz Unless and until you access the consciousness frequency of presence, all relationships, and particularly intimate relationships, are deeply flawed and ultimately dysfunctional. ~ Eckhart Tolle The most important thing to say about relationship is that all there is is relationship. And with that, in line withContinue Reading
