Author Archives: Bob OHearn

Love is love. There is only love, and whatever appears otherwise is none other than that which has yet to be recognized as love. Nothing can lead to love, since love is already the nature and condition of all arising. … Continue reading →

Once we were a small condensed particle, a pulsing cell within an enormity which was itself a mere fraction of something even more immense, something utterly unimaginable to the human sensibilities. What held us together, what lives us forever, was … Continue reading →

Greed takes a good long look at itself. Made of mind, fed by mind, of no enduring substance other than an uninspected movement of desire which doesn’t know of anything beyond itself and so can’t stop, it suddenly sees itself … Continue reading →

Part 1 There are many invisible beings who gather around us to enjoy our performance as a human in the running production called “Life On Earth”. Perhaps some of them tried their hand at it a time or two and … Continue reading →

The wise report: first we awaken in the midst of the dream, then we awaken from the dream itself. One way to understand such transformational mechanics is: first we realize that we are not the character we have presumed ourself … Continue reading →

All manifest and un-manifest universes glow like little lit lanterns strung across the firmament of night, itself a figment of the light, and beyond that, more light into light, no longer an earnest rehearsal for light, but light itself, which … Continue reading →

I open my laptop browser and the world comes rushing at me with the raw force of consciousness. Just so, by refraining from hierarchical thinking, I need not attempt to sort the seemingly more significant offerings from the apparently lesser … Continue reading →

For some time now, throughout the Western Dharmic channels, there’s been frequent talk about “awakening”, as if that represents some critical experience, and in a way it certainly does. Imagine the alternative of spending one’s whole time in dreamland, never … Continue reading →

1. Be kind to everyone and everything — your mirrors. 2. Be responsible for proper care and bodily maintenance. 3. Skip entanglements with human belief systems and views. 4. Serve the planet and all of its inhabitants by non-harming. 5. … Continue reading →

We’ve all heard about the benefits of “being here now”, but why does it seem so difficult for attention to simply remain present? We can pledge allegiance to the concept all day, but the actual experience is fleeting at best. … Continue reading →