David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

56. Consciousness Arising, World Arises

Senses are mere modes of perception. As the grosser modes disappear, finer states of consciousness emerge. The changeless cannot be conscious. Consciousness is always of change. The changeless leaves no trace in consciousness.
55. Give up All and You Gain All

One loves whom one meets, one cannot love all.
30 SATAN’S LEATHERY WING

The city was considering tearing down a building the processed horses. The city council thought making this into a museum for animal cruelty would be harsh. There was a great Facebook post yesterday on the power of reusing old buildings.
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Pigs are smarter then dogs, but they are not omniscient. We saw things at the factor. A lake. A swimming pig. All very odd.
28 ABANDON ALL HOPE

Flipping off a BMW in a church parking lot after reading Dante’s Inferno. That is funny.
27 A GOOD REASON

“You don’t get older during the time spent in church,” he told us. He pushed a shopping cart with a few rags and a bottle of Windex in it. We gave him a dollar.
54. Body and Mind are Symptoms of Ignorance

Happiness is incidental. Compassion is but another word for the refusal to suffer for imaginary reasons
Actual Play Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S18
53. Desires Fulfilled, Breed More Desires

But there is no remedy — except one — the search for remedies must cease. Externalisation is the first step to liberation. It is not the right advice that liberates, but the action based on it.
What did you learn from your Guru and what practice did you follow?

M: Of the two what would you prefer, to love or to be loved? Q: I would rather have both! Love is will, the will to share your happiness with all. Being happy — making happy — this is the rhythm of love.