“Imagine that your mind is like a calm, clear lake or a vast empty sky: Ripples appear on the surface of the lake and clouds pass across the sky, but they soon disappear without altering the natural stillness.” MindNaturalClearMeditationImagineSkyEmptyCalmCloudsSurfaceDisappearLakesStillnessImagine ThatRipple Author:Kathleen McDonald
“Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is no duality, no observer, and nothing observed. Simply rest in this transparent, nondual present awareness. Make yourself at home in the natural state of pure presence, just being, not doing anything in particular.” LooksStatesHomeNaturalAwarenessParticularPureEmptyNakedJust BeingSuperficialObserversTransparentDualityRipple Author:Jamgon Kongtrul
“The present Luddism over genetic engineering may die a natural death as the computer-illiterate generation is superseded.... I fear that, if the green movement's high-amplitude warnings over GMOs turn out to be empty, people will be dangerously disinclined to listen to other and more serious warnings.” PeopleIfsMayDiesTurnsNaturalGenerationsAtheismMovementSeriousComputerEmptyGreenPositive AtheismWarningEngineeringIlliterateGmosGenetic EngineeringNatural DeathGreen Movement Book:A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings Source: A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings