I wrote pulling no punches in old fashion about the proper role of Saṃvega in the structure and function of Dharma practice: wystan.substack.com/p/samvega-terr…

Falling and flying are indistinguishable when there’s no ground.

So for the whole “One Taste” thing, do you get to pick the flavor or what?

At some point, emptiness practice flips into liveliness practice. There’s nothing to defend anymore, nothing to empty. A thief entering into an already empty home. All sensations and phenomena are welcomed with open arms.

Red pilled? Black pilled? How about Vimalakīrti pilled.

Why do we compliment with “He’s got a good head on his shoulders” and not “He’s got a good heart in his chest?” Seems like both should be equally important.

Was having a really great time at the park today. Felt the sun on my skin and the breeze in my hair Then I stopped. I don't think I have a solid enough lineage to do that without official permission

One trick with meditation: it doesn’t have to stop once you stand up.

kinda funny how when you first get into meditation the people around you are into the aesthetics, "zen", and want to be a bit more calm and happy and then you keep going until the casuals drop off and it's 99% people who were at one point like 1 step from offing themselves

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 🇺🇸

Everyone gets ideologically captured by a cult at some point every now and then and anyone who insists they’re immune to this is probably currently captured

Been painting again for the first time since college. Never could find a subject I cared enough about to put in the amount of work required. But here we are: Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, listening to the cries of the world.

The end goal of awakening is not the end of your own suffering, but to return to the world and help end other’s suffering, to give selflessly, to sacrifice for the betterment of all.

I don't care if you've been to the 114th jhana, if you don't speak your mind and you don't keep your word, you haven't achieved anything worthwhile

Follow the 20-20-20 rule

Sometimes when one of my cats is in deep samadhi (locked on to something outside the window) I’ll sneak up behind them and give them back/ear scratches. Just enough for them to break concentration. A gentle cat keisaku. Does a cat have buddha nature?

Spiritual emergence vs. spiritual emergency Christina & Stanislav Grof, The Stormy Search for Self

wystantbs.com/no-ones-busyne…