Monthly Archives: June 2011

Reprise #363

Posted on June 30, 2011 by michael sean symonds

  .   The  practice  becomes  irrelevant  if  attention  is placed  solely  on  the  practice. . Greater value lies in discovering who is [doing] the practice.   . “S o m e t h i n g   I s   T … Continue reading →

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Reprise #362

Posted on June 29, 2011 by michael sean symonds

      Let  the  mind  do  what  it  needs  to  do  and [you] stay  out  of  its  way.     “S o m e t h i n g   I s   T h e r e . . .”   … Continue reading →

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Reprise #361

Posted on June 28, 2011 by michael sean symonds

    In telling any story about [yourself] or [another], [you] romanticize/demonize the experience, distracting [you] from the reality of what actually happened.     “S o m e t h i n g   I s   T h e r … Continue reading →

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Something ~ Is There…

Posted on June 27, 2011 by michael sean symonds

. . Preview the Book… .

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Reprise #360

Posted on June 27, 2011 by michael sean symonds

   Every moment can be honored with reverence by simply being present to it ~ without need to spend one’s day, synthesizing concepts about the “why’s” and “wherefore’s” of it.     “S o m e t h i n … Continue reading →

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Reprise #359

Posted on June 26, 2011 by michael sean symonds

    Human beings place too much significance on what is thought, felt & done in life.  Our stories only amplify and distort us into more suffering.     “S o m e t h i n g I s T … Continue reading →

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Reprise #358

Posted on June 25, 2011 by michael sean symonds

     While identifying something as significant can be a tool to honour & direct the focus of attention, it becomes a trap when [you] become obsessed over details.   “S o m e t h i n g   I … Continue reading →

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Reprise #357

Posted on June 24, 2011 by michael sean symonds

                        [We]  spend  [our]  lives searching  for  self  definition;  to  build  and  reinforce  [our]  independence.  And,  in doing so,  overlook  [our] greatest asset:  interdependence.     “S o m e … Continue reading →

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Reprise #356

Posted on June 23, 2011 by michael sean symonds

    When  [you] are  immersed  deeply  in  Nature,  and the present moment, there  is  no  subject  or  object.   “S o m e t h i n g   I s   T h e r e . . .”   * … Continue reading →

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Reprise #355

Posted on June 22, 2011 by michael sean symonds

  In  the  stillness  of  nature,  habitual  barriers  &  on-going  neurosis  of  the  mind  begins  to  dissolve.   “S o m e t h i n g   I s   T h e r e . . .”   * N E … Continue reading →

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