Seek not Happiness but Liberation from Ignorance, Fear and Sorrow (…and the painful addiction to pleasures, in pursuit of a false happiness)

You seek after only what you appear to lack, and as with the search for misplaced objects goes, the harder you look for it the more certain that it remains lost. Giving up the search, suddenly it reappears in that instant of letting go. To persistently keep looking for happiness is to keep insisting that it’s not here now. The very nature of joy is a contented state of inner fullness, lacking nothing, never seeking happiness in the externals themselves, and conversely empty of all unhappiness inherent in unfulfilled desire(s). 

In Peaceful Surrender..

JDZ

Stoic Meditations on Character and the Triumph of Reason

Stoic principles contemplated in Marcus Aurelius’ journals embody a mindful right action philosophy and a work ethic that practices integral harmony of thought, word and deed. Duty in stoicism is about embracing the tough realism of daily living with positive perspective(s), great strength in self-control and conversely releasing all thoughts of control over what is beyond our human capacity to change. 

Jdz

Letting Go of Ego

Impeccably illustrated synopsis of Ryan Holiday’s best selling work. Stoic guidance (understanding the immature ego to be dysfunction itself) taken from ancient philosophers which have as much relevance today. 

This writer does believe that a mature and healthy ego (self-confident) exists in the individual whose in alignment with this core wisdom, with nature itself.. These more evolved egos are highly competent, creative and productive, having reduced or eliminated entirely any/all inflated sense of personal importance.

Jdz

Letting Things Go

The “commitment to stay conscious” is based on knowing that you are the light of consciousness and not the objects It shines upon. The things in themselves are of creation (13.8 billion years!) and have nothing to do with me personally. Only the conscious awareness is really you and not anything you are momentarily aware of in consciousness.

JDZ

“Love says I AM EVERYthing, Wisdom says I AM NOthing, and in between these my life flows”.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Doing the Inner Work

Quite refreshing and informative to hear a more enlightened perspective on the Virgoan archetype, two days before my Solar return. 

Thanks and Blessings..

JDZ

Staying Centered in the Seat of Self — Your Central Purpose

Commitment to Stay Conscious ~ Michael Singer

The inner work, to “relax and release” (Singer’s terms), to let everything be, then to let it all go. To let go of anything you must own it and allow it to exist fully in the light of your consciousness. 

Jdz

“You commit to maintaining your center of consciousness, which nothing can take away from you, and you do the work to make it happen.”

Micheal Singer

True Self Love

Learning to quiet the critical inner voice and see through the self-induced pressures (socially learned) to achieve an imagined state of perfection. Mistakes are food for learning and exercises in self-compassion.

Jdz