Reflections and Musings

Butterfly House in Pacific Grove, kelp bed in background, a good place to freedive

Musing

 Ocean Mudra Samadhi: A state of meditation that is as vast and dynamic as an ocean.

Musing

 Ocean Mudra Samadhi: A state of meditation that is as vast and dynamic as an ocean.

View of lake from top of a mountain in Colorado. A Freediving location

Reflection

LIBERATING EMOTIONS The best response to negative emotion is to allow it to self-liberate by remaining in non-dual awareness, free of grasping and aversion. If we can do this, the...

Reflection

LIBERATING EMOTIONS The best response to negative emotion is to allow it to self-liberate by remaining in non-dual awareness, free of grasping and aversion. If we can do this, the...

Veteran in Iraq carry an M-4, pointed at camera

Reflection

Happy Veterans Day. Live life on your terms.

Reflection

Happy Veterans Day. Live life on your terms.

Serene pond surrounded by mossy logs. Location , Northern California

Reflection

Enlightenment and clarity of the mind occur only in response to the sustained effort of study and practice. Endeavoring in the way ripens the conditions of your practice. It is...

Reflection

Enlightenment and clarity of the mind occur only in response to the sustained effort of study and practice. Endeavoring in the way ripens the conditions of your practice. It is...

Freediving location in Monterey Bay. Rolling waves and rocky coastline

Reflection

If there is sincerity in your cooking and associated activities,whatever you do will be an act of nourishing the sacred body. This isalso the way of ease and joy for...

Reflection

If there is sincerity in your cooking and associated activities,whatever you do will be an act of nourishing the sacred body. This isalso the way of ease and joy for...

Water crashing against shore at early morning. Freediving location

Reflection

Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. Attributed to Dōgen 

Reflection

Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. Attributed to Dōgen