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About Bob OHearn

My name is Bob O'Hearn, and I live with my Beloved Mate, Mazie, at the base of Spirit Mountain. I have a number of photo and literary blogs you may enjoy, please see the "About" tab for further links. Thank you!

True Inquiry, Part 2

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Bob OHearn

“You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being aware of other things — that is, … Continue reading →

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Getting High

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Bob OHearn

“Although there is a truth that the Buddhas’ liberating efforts continue unceasingly in the waking life, the truth of the Buddhas’ and ancestors’ realization consists invariably of what a dream makes within a dream.”  ~ Eihei Dogen Zenji   In … Continue reading →

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Rhapsody on the Perfect Enjoyment of Delusion

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Bob OHearn

“Those who greatly realize delusion are buddhas. Those who are greatly deluded about realization are ordinary beings.” ~Dogen Zenji Since all expectations are based on delusion, so too is the expectation that one can arrive at some special state that … Continue reading →

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Self-Essence and Identity

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Bob OHearn

“When this is, that is. From the arising of this comes the arising of that. When this isn’t, that isn’t. From the cessation of this comes the cessation of that.” ~Assutavā Sutta Many of the traditional human philosophical systems are … Continue reading →

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Mindstream

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Bob OHearn

  “What is non-self, Anatta? It means impermanence. If things are impermanent, they don’t remain the same things forever. We should learn how to look at life as streams of being, and not as separate entities.You of this moment are … Continue reading →

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Battle of the Sexes

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Bob OHearn

“As long as you conceive yourself to be an individual male or a female being you will not be the all-pervading, eternal and transcendental Self. Go with the conviction that you are not the bodily self, that you are beyond … Continue reading →

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The Ten Thousand Idiots

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Bob OHearn

“It is always a danger To aspirants on the Path When they begin To believe and act As if the ten thousand idiots Who so long ruled and lived inside Have all packed their bags And skipped town Or Died.” … Continue reading →

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The Corpse of Ambition

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Bob OHearn

I am going to begin this consideration with an extended quote from the book “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism” by the late Chogyam Trungpa, an influential Buddhist teacher who was instrumental in introducing Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism to the West: “As long … Continue reading →

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Stages of Human Spiritual Development

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Bob OHearn

There is no “You” or “I,” no object to contemplate, no contemplation! Everything is That lost in That. The blind theologians didn’t understand. Then they saw, and their seven levels of attainment dissolved to nothing. ~ Lalla One traditional developmental … Continue reading →

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To Do Something

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Bob OHearn

  “What will you do when you cannot do anything, when all your best intentions and great endeavour are invested to no avail whatsoever, when all you do is doomed to fail?” ~Hisamatsu We’ve all heard the old saying that … Continue reading →

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