by Bill Walz “Our world and our lives have become increasingly interdependent, so when our neighbor is harmed, it affects us too. Therefore we have to abandon outdated notions of…
The Necessity of Kindness
by Bill Walz “I believe that every human being has an innate desire for happiness and does not want to suffer. I also believe that the very purpose of life…
On Being Nobody
by Bill Walz With no-mind, blossoms invite the butterfly; With no-mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. When the flower blooms, the butterfly comes; When the butterfly comes, the flower blooms….
Entering Into Stillness
by Bill Walz “Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is – no matter what form it takes – you are still, you are at peace.” ~ Eckhart Tolle…
Exhaling Into Emptiness
by Bill Walz “Calmness of mind is beyond the end of your exhalation, so if you exhale smoothly, without trying to exhale, you are entering into the complete perfect calmness…
Why We Must Meditate
by Bill Walz Meditation is not a separate something from daily life… meditation is a form of understanding one’s relationship to the world and one’s relationship to nature… (We are)…
Buddha Within
by Bill Walz “Already we are the Buddha. There’s just no doubt about that. How could we be anything else? We’re all right here now. Where else could we be?…
Personal Peace
by Bill Walz “Everything is as it can be.” ~ Alan Watts, philosopher/theologian Eckhart Tolle advises us “our suffering is in our resistance to what is.” The “what is” of…
The Wheel of Karma
“As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes.” ~ Bhagavad-Gita As important as this is to realize, I would like…