Tag Archives: Self-Improvement

Meditating on Death

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Bob OHearn

As noted in the authoritative Buddhist online archive “Access To Insight“, the standard Buddhist Meditation on Death is given by Buddhaghosa in Chapter VIII of the Visuddhimagga (“Path of Purification”), summarized in the quote: “Now when a man is truly … Continue reading →

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World of Warcraft

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Bob OHearn

“You fight others all the time for your survival as a separate body-mind, a particular name and form. To live you must destroy. From the moment you were conceived you started a war with your environment – a merciless war … Continue reading →

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The Mystique of Freedom

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Bob OHearn

“In fact if everything arises from pure and total consciousness, then pure and total consciousness has no need of a path to tread to reach itself”  ~Chogyal Namkhai Norbu In the vast library cataloguing exceptional human experiences, daunting adventures, and … Continue reading →

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True Meditation: Recognizing Basic Sanity

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Bob OHearn

“There is no need of training. Awareness is always with you. The same attention that you give to the outer, you turn to the inner. No new, or special kind of awareness is needed. What you need is to be … Continue reading →

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Science and Spirituality

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Bob OHearn

“Only when each one of us feels the truth, appreciates the truth, accepts the truth, and is ready to follow the truth, will it work. When someone puts himself outside of the truth in order to study the truth, he … Continue reading →

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Pain and Spiritual Practice

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Bob OHearn

“Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.” ~Natalie Sudman A common inquiry of spiritual aspirants revolves around the challenging matter of dealing with pain. Frequent comments on the issue include complaints that physical pain somehow interferes with the ability to meditate, … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Bob OHearn

The hindrance is only one: attachment to the past. ~ Papaji If we pause to consider our “life story”, isn’t it somewhat like remembering a dream? We might wonder: did it even happen to us? In the shadow play of … Continue reading →

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In Search of Self and Beyond

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Bob OHearn

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” ~ Rumi One of the most confusing and debated issues in philosophy, theology, psychology, anthropology, and now in the emerging neurosciences and quantum consciousness explorations, is the concept of … Continue reading →

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Self-Realization

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Bob OHearn

“When you believe yourself to be a person, you see persons everywhere. In reality there are no persons, only threads of memories and habits. At the moment of realization the person ceases. Identity remains, but identity is not a person, … Continue reading →

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The Pursuit of Happiness, Part 2

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Bob OHearn

  “Love is the only cause of happiness. Its nature is all-pervasive like space. Love is the sunlight of the mind.” ~Garchen Rinpoche What do we really want? Although this is truly a fundamental inquiry, with so much depending on … Continue reading →

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