by Bill Walz Ask me if I’m happy, and my answer is ‘yes.’ Ask me if I’m sad, and my answer is ‘yes.’ Life is so thick with all possibilities that when you enter into the moment in awareness, the reasons for happiness and sadness are all present, and youContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Who we are is the moment arising in awareness.” ~ Eckhart Tolle I have a very unconventional and life-changing perspective to share with you. We can certainly all agree that we are persons. I’m a person, you are a person, all who read this are persons. And,Continue Reading
by Bill Walz “Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the “I Am” that is deeper than name and form.” ~ Eckhart Tolle One of the first insights gained in meditation is that we live inside a cacophony of distracting mental noise.Continue Reading
by Bill Walz “Problems cannot be solved with the same consciousness that created the problems.” ~ Albert Einstein Zen teaches us to release grasping, to live life with a metaphorical open-hand. Of course it is also speaking of an open-mind, a non-grasping-mind. Unfortunately, the truth is that we live withContinue Reading
by Bill Walz Creating art can be a very healing experience. It can be quite therapeutic to take what is inside and bring it forward into some representation or manifestation in the world, and psychotherapeutic theory holds that when we make conscious that which is unconscious, we can begin toContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Love is a mind that brings peace, joy, and happiness to another person. Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in another.” – Thich Nhat Hanh There are many kinds of love: romantic, family, friendship, affiliation, admiration, compassion, aesthetic, awe, reverence, and theyContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” ~ Buddha “If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” ~ Dogen Zenji, 13th Century A fundamental ZenContinue Reading
by Bill Walz Peace is every step, The shining red sun is my heart, Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh As with soContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Life is filled with many wonders, like the blue sky, the sunshine, the eyes of a baby… Awareness of the precious elements of happiness is itself the practice of right mindfulness… Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence ofContinue Reading
