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What makes you feel most free?

Posted on Sep 5th, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

      Dancing with the moment. "Sometimes it happens that you become one, in some rare moment. Watch the ocean, the tremendous wildness of it--and suddenly you forget your split, your schizophrenia; you relax. Or, moving... More »

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Where do you feel most safe?

Posted on Jul 10th, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

in absolute now, in the rhythmic breath that obtains here, belongs here, is never quite the same anywhere else; its slowed heartbeat mimics mother's breast, cradling me, except for this: in now, I need no... More »

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The Way is just this moment, these words... (Ch'ing Kung)

Posted on May 1st, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Things of the past are already gone. Things yet to be, distant beyond imagining. The Way is just this moment, these words: Plum blossoms fallen; Gardenia just opening. —Ch'ing Kung img

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here-now moments with the pear

Posted on Apr 29th, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

   It is late April. The pear tree, old and proudly rugged in her natural, unpruned state, does not care in this moment whether her fruit, if any, will be sweet or hard, soft or... More »

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What does it feel like to live in the future?

Posted on Mar 12th, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

I'm not sure. It's been such a struggle, you know. I was so looking forward to getting here. I thought I'd feel more peaceful, more myself, whatever that's supposed to mean. But now that I'm... More »

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Pause for a moment. What do you notice?

Posted on Feb 3rd, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

I hear muted noise of traffic, a steady ebb and flow of vehicles as they approach and leave the controlled intersection near here. Turning my head slightly to the left, I see that it is... More »

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What is your renaissance? What in your life is being reborn?

Posted on Mar 19th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Always and forever, the present moment.

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Being with what is

Posted on Feb 17th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

This morning I was in such an exalted mood, but now, at dinner-time, I’m feeling a bit on edge. I catch myself trying to explain it – oh, I waited too long to eat, blah... More »

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What do you think you'll be saying about this in ten years?

Posted on Feb 17th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Well, I suppose I might look back and say: Oh, I remember, that's when I wrote my six-word memoir . If I did, I might recall that it was during that period that Turtle became... More »

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What do you think is the hardest thing to change?

Posted on Jan 21st, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

The view from duality that tells us that the world is comprised of an us/them. The idea that there is a world outside ourselves that needs changing. The mindset that we can effect any sort... More »

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