One of the most basic facets of meditation practice is the conscious act of becoming an active witness to your own mental processes. In our every day lives, we tend to habitually identify ourselves as the thoughts circling through our head. In meditation we quiet down and take a few moments to look at ourselves constructed from these thoughts, as an object, rather than from ourselves as subject. As we see what we held to be ourselves as an object, we become disavowed of the idea that it is... read more

Empty your mind of all thoughts.
Let your heart be at peace.
Watch the turmoil of beings,
but contemplate their return.

Each separate being in the universe
returns to the common source.
Returning to the source is serenity.

If you don't realize the source,
you stumble in confusion and sorrow.
When you realize where you come from,
you naturally become tolerant,
disinterested, amused,
kindhearted as a grandmother,
dignified... read more