A self-cultivation practice will not make you a different person, it really is about befriending who you already are. The ground of practice is you or me or whoever we are right now, just as we are. That’s what we come to know with tremendous curiosity and interest.
Pay attention to your breathing. Breathing regulates your heartbeat, feeds your brain, and makes your blood red. When you breathe, the energy field of your body is sustained by breathing and set into motion. As we breathe the universe breathes, the world breathes, and thus sustains all life.
The mind is desperate to fix the river in place. Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the present moment. Dissolve your mind, let it be quiet, and find peace and clarity in the present moment.
Adornment is not putting on external ornamentation, it is more important to enhance the inner essence and thereby improve our inner vitality, warmth, and life balance. We see real beauty when there is vitality, warmth, balance, and order showing through a creature or a creation.
Quote: People’s thoughts alone do not determine their futures. People decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.