Surface Duality, Basic Unity and What It Means to Be a Man

On the surface of our everyday experience, we basically perceive two different kinds of states, pleasant and unpleasant. And for most people in the background of the mind, there is always a struggle of trying to reach the pleasant and to escape the unpleasant. This...

Whoever Wants to Save Their Life Will Lose It

Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or...
Magic is Still Here

Magic is Still Here

I’m spending the winter in Thailand, three months to get away from the cold European winter. I remember the few first days when I landed in Bangkok. Suddenly it was magic again, there in front of my eyes, a different world. View over Bangkok suburbs from the sky...
Relax, Everything Is Already Going Its Way

Relax, Everything Is Already Going Its Way

Notice the difference in how you feel about what you are doing and about yourself in general between times when you go after your work, project, daily duties, or whatever it is from a feeling that you need to work on them and put effort into them for them to be a...

You’re Getting Lost in the Method

So many people keep inquiring, “How can I practice self-inquiry? Am I doing it correctly? Am I doing this right? Am I doing that right?”But I say to you, you’re getting lost in the method.Don’t worry whether you’re doing it right or not.Keep your mind on the source,...