Reading the Jiddu Krishnamurti book, “Commentaries on Living” I believe I’m starting to understand his total philosophy. He believes that to become that which is not a product of that which we have lived in / experienced / trusted / learned/taken as fact we need to die to all that we ‘know’. We need to … Read more
Jiddu Krishnamurti ideas have influenced me from the first time I picked up one of his books in the mid-1990s. He had a unique and rather surreal childhood, especially among those in spiritual circles. Born in 1895 in a small village in Madanapalle, India, Krishnamurti’s early years were marked by hardship and tragedy. He lost … Read more
There are several meditation retreats offered in Thailand, here are some of the more well-established retreat locations where you will likely have a good experience. If you’d like to know more about a self-guided (custom) retreat option, just let us know. Here is a list of all Thailand Meditation Retreats > Thailand Meditation Retreats Wat … Read more
Ang Kek, from Malaysia, left a couple of comments on this site tonight and one of them struck me as profoundly important. What Is Dharma? Dharma is defined here as: 1. cosmic order or law, including the natural and moral principles that apply to all beings and things. A Dharma talk (dhamma talk) is a public … Read more
Some information about Buddha – what he did, who he was. Plus my own experiences. [Some free-thinking on the Buddha, meditation, vipassana, Buddhism, all ‘isms’, and my own personal experiences.] I’m thinking today as I usually think… any person here is just a person. Nobody is better than anyone else for any reason, real or … Read more
A journal entry I found from a long time ago… Thailand Meditation Journal Date: 12/18/95 I was looking outside Fern’s apt. Towards the lake and saw some guys playing basketball. As I watched them dribble I heard the dribble come a little later. This made me realize that not only is everything that we hear … Read more
I’ve been looking a bit at the state of my mind and giving consideration to what I want to do with it. If you’ve read some of my past posts, my mind is in a strange state at the moment. It has been in a sort of flat-line for the past couple of years. I … Read more
Today this one meditated in the morning on the spa. It was nice. The mind is quiet at this hour without having accumulated the garbage/candy that it does throughout the day. One found that a wanting for something to happen was present. One forced the body to sit without wanting. A peace was found, though … Read more