*image by Ben Harubin

Without "mindfulness" there is nothing
(unless you can achieve LACK of mindfulness).

A boy asked his father to explain the meaning of the story about a man
who was falsely accused of a crime and who refused to defend himself.
And the elder responded with these words, "There is a stream that can drain
a river -- whenever it proceeds straight; the secondary will submit to the
primary, thinking will give way to doing."
"A man who cannot recognize weakness will have no strength."

One man's most favorite recently discovered book title is
"All The Great Methods Of Awakening Will Also Keep You Asleep."

(He says he can't remember where he saw it,
but that he's not going back to look for it.)

One man's daily spiritual ritual consisted of this:
Immediately upon awakening each morning,
the first thing he would do would be to cry aloud,
"Dear Buddha, on this day, please help me to catch-a-skunk."
(Who knew?)

To be fully human, it is essential to think;
to be alive -- it is not.

The premature termination of many who wanted to awaken is due to -- plans!
(And when not plans, decisions.
And as long as you have any plans,
you won't understand this.
You gotta admit this:
fair's even more than fair.)