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Concise commentaries on living

Written by StephenBDecember 18, 2022December 18, 2022

Perception

The state of perceiving is more important than what is perceived. Paraphrase of Krishnamurti

Written by StephenBDecember 14, 2022

Sense with sensibility

Just as there is no thinker, only thought, and no emoter, only emotion, so there is no sensor, only sensation. Go out of your mind and come to your senses. Alan Watts

Written by StephenBDecember 7, 2022

Beatific Gustation

All eating is emotional eating. En-joy! Compare: After the feast, a fast. After the fast, a feast. Old saw

Written by StephenBDecember 5, 2022December 5, 2022

Know time⇒No time

We have all the time in the world. I know what time is, but when you ask me, I don’t. Paraphrase of Augustine “We know time.” Dean Moriarty in On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Written by StephenBDecember 5, 2022December 5, 2022

Mindlessness

No mind, no thought, no agenda, no self, no other. Compare: Cloudwater 云水 Only don’t know! Seung Sahn

Written by StephenBNovember 13, 2022February 9, 2023

Worship

Revere and adore life in all its forms, even and especially your own.

Written by StephenBNovember 10, 2022November 10, 2022

Liberation

As like dissolves like, a word can free one from the bondage of words. Be sensitive and receptive to that right word.

Written by StephenBNovember 10, 2022

No nimiety

Not too much! Enough is as good as a feast.

Written by StephenBNovember 5, 2022November 5, 2022

Big smile, small self: Awe walks promote prosocial positive emotions in older adults.

Ah, to flâneur one’s way through life!

Written by StephenBNovember 5, 2022November 5, 2022

Mindful thinking

Thinking is rehearsing.

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