Ernie Thayer

Vacationing in Hawaii recently left me in a state of such ease. I had one especially lovely morning on the deck of our little bungalow in Haiku where the sheer beauty of the place, the raucous birdsong and the light, ah the light, lulled me into a kind of meditative state. Once there I felt […]

Amazing statement that! Why, I can think of lots of reasons! Money, health, relationship troubles, politics, war – just to name a few. Anyone with half a brain can find easy justification for worry about something! It’s just that there really isn’t any good reason for it. Really. No joke. Ok, ok, I guess you […]

You don’t have to get rid of your ego or “me”, only refuse to live from it’s dictates. Old Chinese Proverb: That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.

I would love this space to become a forum for discussions like the one Maria invites us to (see her comment to the last entry). Please feel free to weigh in, add a comment, ask questions, or wonder aloud on these pages. I’ve made “Discussions” a new category for this reason. There is something new […]

So much of our life is about striving, planning, goal setting and the like. Silly as it may sound, the process of waking up involves none of that.