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Awakened to a Dream                I have awakened to a dream , I back then concluded. While following the current of my breath, I observed the reflection that I saw in the waters of my mind laid out, as the life that was before me. In a lucid, conscious state, I felt wonder. Life was a dream—It must have been, even if only metaphorically. Life was and is too amazing not to be! Years before this, I never would have thought I’d be deep in meditation, especially while held by the Napa River in California, living on a yacht just outside the San Francisco Bay.  Even the bad moments exhibited a romance that I justified to be, in the German sense of the word, like an exaggerated dream. I saw life as a dream with lessons to be learned, with symbols to interpret, but most of all, life was just pure wonder even when I lived in doubt.  My mind was on the border of the surface of the water, but at the same time swimming dee...

           Running in place can happen to the best of us, but it’s also a good thing, too. It could be a literal occurrence, as exercise at work out facilities. It could also be defined as metaphorical – moving through life but not actually going anywhere. One of these is more optimistic than the other. I bet it’s easy to guess. What has yet to be considered, though, is the concept of  thinking in place.  Thinking in place  is  meditation. The surroundings are still but thoughts are in motion while running in place!                                                  Treading the Mind            The mind is like a treadmill. Being elect...

           I did not find enlightenment under a bodhi tree, like the Buddha did. No, my big spiritual break came from under the redwood trees, as spiritual en-white-en-ment – a concept of my own, spiritually credentialed-spoken language. What helped me get to that point was deep breathing, as breaths in the right direction. While now under a ‘write direction,’ I am putting my experiences into words, once again.                                                    Book It Up            While retracing many breaths back, I recently found myself face-to-face with the very book on BREATH that I read while living in the Redwood National Forest. It was not...

           If meditation was supposed to be solely about emptying the mind, it would be called  Mind-empty-ness  not  Mind-full-ness .  Mind-empty-ness  would mean the mind is either broken, or no longer of the localized mind.  Mind-full-ness  means that, despite being a potential nuisance, the mind is alive and well, making its electric dance across consciousness.  Just like how your organs cannot shut down, the mind cannot either. Even during sleep, the mind does not shut down. Shutting down means death. If enlightenment through mindfulness occurs, it is not through entropy (like death), it would be because of a dedication of the journey through  mind-full-ness , with the end result being wholeness with all things,  outside  of the localized mind instead of  in  it.          When I was twenty, I took my mindfulness practice int...

    Life in Lapse            There is something to be said about living a joyful life. Despite the possibilities for us all to live a good life, there is also a lot of psychological and sociological evidence—which does not even need to be cited, as it is that obvious—that a large portion of people do not live happy lives. Truly, it is too sad. It is too bad.  Mental illness is on the rise in America. More and more people are increasingly miserable. I have gone through phases too, where my life was less than ideal. I admit, that is a very hard thing to transcend without taking certain actions to overcome it. It’s worth the try though! It’s easy to look at the endless causes, but keep a note that a lack of initiative to over-come can also be to blame.  In American society, people are wrapped up in jobs that they don’t like, dysfunctional families are the new norm, kids get cyber bullied and/or bullied in school, ma...

           Imagine if you could turn off your brain, like a computer or a smart phone? Even though it is technically impossible, it is still recommended to do, in terms of silencing the mind, as a way for re-setting the system to prevent overload. The mind is like a computer, in the sense that it is mechanical and electric. For humans, turning off the mind means death. That’s why people should not be discouraged from meditation just because they cannot stop thinking.  Although these people cannot stop thinking, what they can do is put the brain into a screen saver. This will preserve the mind, while putting the brain on a “battery” saving mode. Before you do this, maybe even while doing it, picture your unwanted thoughts being dragged into the desktop recycling bin. That’s what has helped me. This is what will help clear the desktop of activity that stirs in the forefront of the mind. Ultimately, meditation is supposed to quiet the ...