Living the Question Blog

“There ain’t no answer. There ain’t going to be any answer. There never has been an answer.     That’s the answer.”

– Gertrude Stein

Honest Exposure

Honest Exposure

We try to protect ourselves from life and from each other because we are afraid, and what the seeker fears more than anything is being exposed.

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QUITTING VS. STOPPING

QUITTING VS. STOPPING

“Virtually all artists encounter such moments. Fear that your next work will fail is a normal, recurring and generally healthy part of the...

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The Sun Never Says

The Sun Never Says

"Even after all this time The sun never says to the Earth "You owe me." Look what happens with a Love like that It lights the whole sky...

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This Surprising Truth

This Surprising Truth

Experience my reality even once, and your life is changed, rearranged, priorities shifting like a lid has been lifted off a pot of boiling liquid.

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Inside You

Inside You

The Guest is inside you, and also inside me: you know the sprout is hidden inside the seed. We are all struggling; none of us has gone...

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Coming up for Breath

Coming up for Breath

“There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. “

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Home

Home

"Of all modern notions, the worst is this: that domesticity is dull. Inside the home, they say, is dead decorum and routine; outside is...

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Scars

Scars

I'm old. What that means is that I've survived (so far) and a lot of people I've known and loved did not. I've lost friends, best friends,...

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The Stew

The Stew

A doorway falls apart Shadows puddle round my toes and your life just misses mine… where you will find: My crevasse of caring heart My...

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Acknowledge your Demons

Acknowledge your Demons

You have to recognize the demons or else they'll annoy you like mosquitoes, But if you acknowledge their existence, if you say, "All...

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Please….. Let……

Please….. Let……

Please bring strange things. Please come bringing new things. Let very old things come into your hands. Let what you do not know come into...

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All Right Here

All Right Here

"It is helpful to realize that being here, sitting in meditation, doing simple everyday things like working, walking outside, talking with...

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