Monday, March 31, 2014

Bikes change, Riders change, the Feeling doesn't.


This mind that we identify as the self, which we could call ego-mind, controls everything we do. Yet it can't actually be found—which is somewhat spooky, as if a ghost were managing our home. The house seems to be empty, but all the housework has been done. The bed has been made, our shoes have been polished, the tea has been poured, and the breakfast has been cooked.
—Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche, "Searching for Self"

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Truth on a Ribbon of Highway


The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," 
and so it goes away. Puzzling.
-R. Pirsig