Part of the Zen tradition, Koans are meant to precipitate Enlightenment. The Shadow of the Whip is a beautiful Koan, that brings the essence of the Truth to the fore. Come with an open mind, and unburdened heart, and be present to this opportunity to Awaken.
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The Real Guru
On the spiritual path, you’ve no doubt yearned to find the Guru, the authentic one, whom you can trust to lead you on your unfolding into freedom. But what is this “real Guru”? Where can you find one?
Why do Some Things Happen in Life? The Secret of Life Experiences
Life experiences can be pleasant or painful. Some experiences can be challenging or even devastating. Rattled by the crazy ups and downs of life, you may wonder, why is life happening this way! There is a secret to life experiences – come and find what that is. It can transform how you look at life.
The Cause of Discordance in Life
All species live in mutually interdependent ways in the ecosystems they are part of. Not humans. Like a virus, parasite or cancer, human wreck the ecosystems they are part of. Why is the human experience of life so full of discordance? Come and find the root cause.
The Secret of Relaxation
On the spiritual path, we are always on a quest for achieving this and achieving that, with the hope that one day it will result in the achievement of enlightenment. But enlightenment is not an achievement! Where does that leave all your activity, your frenetic doing? What you may be missing is the secret of relaxation.
The Trouble with Ego
The ego-sense keeps you trapped in the limitation of being a separate person, an individual that is apart from the world. A reflection to you for waking up from the ego-sense and being free!
The Beauty of the Button Pushers
Do people in your life push your buttons? You know, tick you off, get you upset, make you fearful or angry? Why are they in your life? This verse gives you a profound perspective to realize the beauty of the button-pushers, how they are here to awaken you to your real freedom.
The Way of the Master
Millions of spiritual practitioners strive through years and decades of practice to awaken. Check out this story-in-verse, of a thief who experiences spontaneous awakening, spontaneous enlightenment.
How to be in the world, but not of it?
You can realize your real nature through diligent Self-Inquiry. Awakening to your real nature doesn’t imply abiding in it. Questions about how to be in the world of duality, after the experiential glimpse of non-dual Self will arise. How to be in the world, but not of it? Find out now.
What is Your Purpose in Life?
Why are you here? What is your purpose? Is that to live in fear, anger, lack, littleness? You are here to wake up to the Wholeness, Freedom, Peace-love-happiness that is your real nature. Awaken!
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