Reflections, Thoughts, and Deliberations | Page 2

Why Do I Live – An Invalid Question
“Why do I live?” is an invalid question because it’s thrown at us by mankind, that is, from outside us, making it in fact their question and not [ ... ]

Happiness Is always in the Moment
I heard someone saying: “Happiness is that state you are in now. You don’t need more of that.” That, of course, is very true, becaus [ ... ]

Real Truth versus Conceptional Truth | What’s the Difference?
So, let me first start to debunk the whole question stated in the title of this article, because the answer will of course be a conceptional truth; on [ ... ]

Alone, Lonely, and Together | Within Nature the Question Dissolves
Then, when taking a break of the website … when I am alone … alone with myself … and with my thoughts and feelings … there in [ ... ]

Humming Bird Experience while Watering the Plants
Humming birds, also called Kolibris, have always fascinated me. I grew up with them in South America. They have such beautiful colors, there are so ma [ ... ]

Reflections on Zen Master Jinen | Zazen Sitting Meditation
In 2014, I stumbled upon a short video titled A Teaching From Zen Master Jinen posted on YouTube by El-Branden Brazil. It’s a little questions a [ ... ]

What Is Spiritual Enlightenment? | Paths to Spiritual Awakening
“As soon as the mouth is opened, evils spring forth. People either neglect the root and speak of the branches, or neglect the reality of the ‘ [ ... ]

Silence of the Mind, Meditation, and Self-Realization
Achieving silence of the mind has always been a primary goal — or perhaps rather requisite — of an appropriate and successful meditation p [ ... ]

Finding the Truth behind Appearances
To realize that all truths are no-truths is a first, essential step to getting rid of them. When you’ve logically asserted the truth of no-truths, t [ ... ]

Living Quest – Searching for Truth and Self-Realization
I’d like to talk a bit about this “search,” this quest for Enlightenment or Self-Realization, because the real quest, the real searc [ ... ]