In the Pali teachings, there’s a distinction between consciousness and the mind: consciousness is said to arise from contact between a sense organ and sense object, while the mind is simply considered to be one of the sense organs. Consciousness, said Gautama, is followed by impact and then by feeling, with regard to each of the six senses ...
A Natural Mindfulness
The classics of T’ai-Chi offer the following advice:
We should keep our thoughts on the spirit and not on the ch’i. When they are on the ch’i, then it is blocked. If there is ch’i, then there is no strength; without ch’i then essential hardness is achieved.
(“Master ...
An Image in the Place of an Image
The other day, I felt moved to write as follows:
In my experience, there is no way around ascertaining one’s own necessity. As in, what do I really need, to live.
It’s possible for me to discover my necessity, in one movement of breath:
You must strive with all your might to bite through here and cut off ...