7:09am sunrise-NOT from Starbucks parking lot in Culver City

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When you know that every truth you seek is available within you, you will not place someone else's idea of how you should live, above your own.    There are many roads to the mountaintop, but the only one that will take you all the wa…

When you know that every truth you seek is available within you, you will not place someone else's idea of how you should live, above your own.    There are many roads to the mountaintop, but the only one that will take you all the way is the one with your name on it.  … Alan Cohen

6:12am sunrise from 59th Place in LA

Give attention to the present; give attention to your behavior, to your reactions, moods, thoughts, emotions, fears, and desires as they occur in the present. If you can be present enough to watch all those things, not critically or analytically but…

Give attention to the present; give attention to your behavior, to your reactions, moods, thoughts, emotions, fears, and desires as they occur in the present. If you can be present enough to watch all those things, not critically or analytically but non-judgmentally, then you are dealing with the past and dissolving it through the power of your presence.   You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You find yourself by coming into the present. …Eckhart Tolle

6:17am sunrise over LA from Modjeska Place in Mar Vista

If you talk about things you have not experienced, you are wasting your and other people’s time.  As you continue the practice of looking deeply, you will see this more and more clearly, and you will save a lot of paper and publishing enterpris…

If you talk about things you have not experienced, you are wasting your and other people’s time.  As you continue the practice of looking deeply, you will see this more and more clearly, and you will save a lot of paper and publishing enterprises and have more time to enjoy your tea and live your daily life in mindfulness.          Thich Nhat Hahn