As Mark Twain said: ‘All the worst things in my life never actually happened.’
John Aske
Thinking About Samsara, by John Aske
We leave our real home for this, though we were never pushed away.
The Re-enchantment of the World, by John Aske
We are trying to live the life outside ourselves, rather than the life we already have.
Views and Opinions by John Aske
In not-knowing, there is room for everything: the born and the unborn.
Kindness by John Aske
Kindness awakens your latent ability to be and commune with the world.
Intimacy and the Buddha’s Smile, by John Aske
But don’t grasp at the smile — or the flower — or even the words, and most of us do, because we love to attach ourselves to things and meanings, and it’s not about things or meanings.
Wu Wei, You Can’t do it Wrong by John Aske
We just have to keep practising and realising that every moment is precious, and so are we. Not wonderful perhaps, but precious, and human, and as Maezumi Roshi said, ‘Living the unsurpassed life.’
Regular Everything, by John Aske
How often, acting upon our need for comfort and security, do we sacrifice our freedom and happiness?
