by Kim Ort | Nov 27, 2019 | 30 Days of Perception, Contemplation, Openness, Practices, Seeing
”It is only the innocent mind, the mind unclouded by experience, totally free from the past – it is only such a mind that can perceive what is reality. There is no question of ‘how.’ Your mind must not be distracted by the ‘how,’ by the desire for an answer....
by Kim Ort | Nov 23, 2019 | Contemplation, Habits, Practices, Seeing
”Our perceptual habits, conscious or unconscious, become our reality. Another way to say this is that we tend to see the world as we believe it to be, unless we consciously choose to attend to what we haven’t yet seen, to notice the unexpected elements of the world....
by Kim Ort | Feb 1, 2019 | Books, Contemplation, Seeing
Can you imagine being free from authority? Recently, a friend gave me a book of daily reflections by the philosopher J. Krishnamurti (1895 – 1986). It’s called The Book of Life (paid link) and is thought-provoking, to say the least. Krishnamurti studied the...
