BIG is what I like to call each of our lives. The impatient mind would like us to believe that life should be happening a different way. As it puffs, blames, complains, reacts, gets angry, etc…when the opportunity is… can you be grateful for everything in your life. EVERYTHING as it is unfolding right now. That would entail complete acceptance of the gift before you. The lesson would be learned, and it would release all judgments of others. Every opportunity... Read more
It is natural for each of us to live in a state of awe. What is unnatural is a state most live in. We are very comfortable living in labels, gossip, judgement, etc…which actually happen after the AWE sense. Each of us live in this state. Now if you can observe that in mere seconds after the awe, the label comes to distant us from what actually is happening. A story takes over and off we go. We become the... Read more
When you are present in life. There is nothing to hold on to anymore. Nothing to figure out, nothing to lose, win, gain, etc…Just like the breeze guides the leaves on the tree, so to does your intuition guide you gently and safely. Your life becomes what it has always been, a great ballet of freedom from others, rules, because in this discovery you find that consciousness can never harm another, and so rules are not needed. You will sense... Read more
When we look at impatience, we begin to see that it is quite acceptable behavior. Impatience can be looked at as the root cause of many disorders. When I am sitting with impatience I feel blind, scared, and it feels like a denial of the truth. If we can understand the truth not in a personal way, but in a impersonal way then we may be able to grasp the nature of impatience. In a simple way if you were... Read more
Gratitude By David Matthew Brown Now most us are taught and encouraged to be thankful or live in gratitude. Some attend workshops that suggest that gratitude is an attitude. But is it possible to be grateful with out receiving or giving? But to simply live in gratitude. It is easy to say thank you for a gift, or give a gift to someone. But as we explore more deeply into who we are, and sit with “What is gratitude?... Read more
Spirit and Matter By David Matthew Brown Q: I have a question about spirit and matter, what is the difference? A: Lets dialogue about it. When you have this idea about spirit, spiritual things, and spiritual way of living and so forth…what does that bring up? Q: Well the first thing that comes to mind is expansiveness, bigness… A: Good, where is it…where is this expansiveness…. Is it there? Over there? Is it here? Q: Well I would say that... Read more
Love is All By David Matthew Brown Q: I am told by most people, religions, that love is all we are and yet, in my own life I am having trouble finding love, finding a mate, if love is everywhere why can’t I find a partner? A: So the question is about love and finding it? Correct? So what is this love that is everywhere? Q: Well love is beauty… A: Not the idea or attributes of it…what is... Read more
Death By David Matthew Brown Q: I have recently lost someone in my family to death, I found myself scared about my own death, what is death? A: What is death? We spend most of our lives looking away, running, suppressing, hiding, and so when death comes it is a fear of something not explored. Fear is unexplored territory. So when it is in our face if we don’t want to know what we fear. But the fear again is... Read more
Isolation By David Matthew Brown Q: I find myself being more isolated, sitting at home a lot more, distracted by TV, music, cell phone, etc…what can I do? A: We always start from where it is happening. Isolation is a form of separation. It is like a prison between you and them. Or perhaps it is a prison from who you are. This sense of being alone permeates the world. It is a disconnection from what is. To isolate something... Read more
The Movement By David Matthew Brown Q: So when I look out into the world I see conflict, what can I do? A: Nothing. Doing is an action word that is used to mask self-will. Self-will is a conditioned reaction to that which we resist. Through the resistance, we push, and with the pushing we fight what is. The movement can be observed with the mind. The mind when unobserved moves from past to future and yet it is living... Read more
Wrestling With Yourself
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