Tag Archives: practice

Forgive Everyone, Everything, Forever

Posted on February 6, 2015 by dominic724

Awakening feels like a revolution. It feels like a wild revolt against the previously lived life, its values, its perspectives, its relationships. On the other side of awakening, living still happens. Here and there still appears, even though others appear … Continue reading →

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“To Who Does This Thought Come ? “

Posted on February 1, 2013 by dominic724

The “I” thought : king of the weeds in a whole weedy thought patch. For a while, the absence of  “I” thoughts felt so freeing, it  almost intoxicated. Later, the rest of the weeds remind of their existence through the … Continue reading →

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Third Break : Lost Imperative

Posted on November 11, 2011 by dominic724

More than three months ago, the “me” disappeared. The most imperative thing to do at that time seemed to be to urgently broadcast this development. Thus the blog. One day the imperative evaporated. The motivation to write, like the imaginary … Continue reading →

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Washing Away Anxiety

Posted on September 24, 2011 by dominic724

About a year ago, I was standing in the shower, lathering up. Just a peaceful moment or two with a quiet mind. Suddenly the thought appeared: “The fear that I won’t live long enough to reach enlightenment comes from the … Continue reading →

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Chipping Away …

Posted on September 13, 2011 by dominic724

A glimpse at the ” I ” left a permanent crack in the edifice of thought constructed self . Practice now strongly focused on this crack . Having read of the practice of inquiry and the use of the classic … Continue reading →

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First break …

Posted on September 13, 2011 by dominic724

It was on a week long silent retreat, in March of 2010, that I was reading a few lines out of the book ” Nothing Personal ” by Nirmala. Nirmala clearly points out that thoughts are objects which are known … Continue reading →

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