Category Archives: Nonduality

A Little Joke

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Bob OHearn

We are usually much too busy to recognize it, but prior to our engaging adventures in consciousness – that ever-changing theater of desire, knowledge, and experience — there is only awareness, the same state in which we now exist. Somehow, … Continue reading →

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Experiment

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Bob OHearn

First of all, relax. Now, turn your attention to the thoughts that are appearing. Notice how they are, more often than not, based on the past or the future. In this experiment, simply continue relaxing, but refrain from entertaining any … Continue reading →

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The Fundamental Space

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Bob OHearn

“You can’t get stuck in space.” ~ Chögyam Trungpa Whatever appears does so within the space of fundamental reality – “what is”. In our natural state of knowing awareness, “what is” and “what we are”, are not two. Likewise, in … Continue reading →

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Meditating on Death

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Bob OHearn

As noted in the authoritative Buddhist online archive “Access To Insight“, the standard Buddhist Meditation on Death is given by Buddhaghosa in Chapter VIII of the Visuddhimagga (“Path of Purification”), summarized in the quote: “Now when a man is truly … Continue reading →

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Lest We Be Judged

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Bob OHearn

  Spiritual adept or life-long failure, saint or sinner, accomplished practitioner or bumbling fool – no life is what it seems, and yet all lives are of equal value, a value beyond measure. There are no better or worse lives, … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Bob OHearn

“The greatest wisdom lies not in having the aptitude to answer questions, but having aptitude to demonstrate gratitude.” -Sparrow We all bring so much fear into our core belief systems, and more often than not, our religious/spiritual concepts are also … Continue reading →

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Sadness – The Wound of Love

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Bob OHearn

Perhaps as we grow in sensitivity to our actual feeling/experience within this dream-like Saha world, a realm where all sentient beings are enduring some form of suffering, stress, and dissatisfaction, our own heart may begin to shed its accumulated armor … Continue reading →

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Religion, Part 2

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Bob OHearn

“What is religion? A cloud in the sky. I live in the sky, not in the clouds, which are so many words held together. Remove the verbiage and what remains? Recorded religions are mere heaps of verbiage. Religions show their … Continue reading →

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Guilt

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Bob OHearn

There is a certain meme floating around in the collective, suggesting that guilt is a kind of positive influence, as opposed to shame, for example, which is portrayed as negative. The sense of taking personal responsibility for an offense, and … Continue reading →

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All That Matters

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Bob OHearn

“The person, the ‘I am this body, this mind, this chain of memories, this bundle of desires and fears’ disappears, but something you may call identity, remains. It enables me to become a person when required. Love creates its own … Continue reading →

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