Category: Personal Development
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Dharma Entrustment Ceremony for Roger Hillyard
Photo by Matt Nickel Roger Hillyard (Henzan Tokuryu, Universally Seeking/Receiving the Stream) received Lay Teacher Entrustment from Central Abbot Ed Sattizahn on May 23, 2025. This ceremony recognizes Roger as a lay teacher in the Suzuki Roshi lineage. In a statement, Roger said: “Lay Entrustment charged me with the responsibility to practice, model, and…
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Change Is the Only Constant – The Existential Paradox: Part VII | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ LIFΞ ∞
~ ∞ ~ Change Is the Only Constant – Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~ If there’s anything certain in this world, it is the truth that everything in life is fleeting and impermanent; everything changes and nothing ever stays the same. Everything is in a constant flux of change, which goes on…
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The Mystery of Consciousness 2/2 | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ CONSCIOUSNΞSS ∞
~ ∞ ~ The Mystery of Consciousness 2/2 – Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~ By virtue of the aforementioned with regard to the nature of consciousness, one can pose a question: Do animals have consciousness? Do plants? To which the answer can be given: as the nature of consciousness is very much…
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The Mystery of Consciousness 1/2 | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ CONSCIOUSNΞSS ∞
~ ∞ ~ The Mystery of Consciousness 1/2 – Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~ In this section, we dive deeper into the topic of consciousness and its relation to awareness (which has its own dedicated section following this one). A good way to start would be to say that as we begin…
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Two Fingers Pointing to the Moon
A complete grasp of non-duality is beyond limited beings such as ourselves. This is why Dōgen wrote “when one side is illumined, the other is dark.” Even in satori, we only have hints at and intimations of the undivided wholeness that we call “reality.” There is always a greater understanding of that undivided reality to…
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Living Consciousness – Vibrant Interconnected Reality | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ CONSCIOUSNΞSS ∞
~ ღ ~ Living Consciousness ~ ((( ॐ ))) ~ Vibrant Interconnected Reality ~ ღ ~ As an extension of the previous chapters, this chapter expands upon the information on consciousness and its relation to awareness. In this chapter, we will take a dive into the deeper waters of consciousness – it goes in tandem…
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Panpsychism – An Easy Escape From the Dilemma of Consciousness | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ CONSCIOUSNΞSS ∞
~ ∞ ~ Panpsychism – An Easy Escape From the Dilemma of Consciousness ~ ∞ ~ To further our discussion about consciousness, it is imperative to briefly dip our toes into something that may or may not shed some light on the complexity of understanding consciousness, and why consciousness is so difficult subject matter, especially…
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Awakening From the Dream of Life (1/2) | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ ΛWΛRΞNΞSS ∞
~ ღ ~ Awakening From the Dream fo Life 1/2 ~ ღ ~ Perhaps it is best to start this chapter with the following thought: so far in our journey through this book, we have encountered many different aspects of life in several of its sections, each exploring different facets of the same, with a…
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Awakening From the Dream of Life (2/2) | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ ΛWΛRΞNΞSS ∞
~ ღ ~ Awakening From the Dream of Life 2/2 ~ ღ ~ During several subsequent years, I began to observe my surroundings even closer than before, and what I found was shocking to say the least. Whenever I looked around, no matter where I looked, I saw people sleepwalking through their lives, with each…