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Each moment in our lives is new, and taking the time to recognize and contemplate the beauty and wonder in each of these moments is a spiritual movement in itself.

We are the doorways
through which more
Light can enter.
Find a way to
remember who
you are.


The Monkess
...what about questioning the one inside who seems at times above questioning?

There are numerous sutras, teachings of the Masters, and enlightenment stories in the history of Buddhism and Zen.  There are times when we read these writings and feel a million miles away from enlightenment, Nirvana, or equanimity.  We seem to get fixated on experiencing this state which is alluded to, but really impossible to communicate to anyone.  Enlightenment becomes the goal of practice, this state which represents the point of all our practice. --The Monkess

...when we feel the
"tightening", there's
the possibility of
catching the urge to
do the habitual thing,
and not doing it.


Self-examination
means examining
your own mind.

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