on any and all being

for a note on this video, see the notes following the post below

the whole – all that is – is what is

nothing is other than what is

nothing is other than the whole

nothing doesn’t change

nothing is perfect

nothing depends on nothing

only in the mind or by convention
is anything or anyone an entity

nothing is other than the whole

no one is

20221208T0158Z*
*a link; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer; see also the about post and the archives of miscellany, notrehta, or fw posts

/ the video above is of the Sunday service on November 6 at a small Unitarian church in Fall River, Massachusetts, and is set to start at the point when Rev. Richard Trudeau begins to speak on the topic of the day – with breaks during the next twelve minutes for other aspects of the service

nothing doesn’t change … nothing depends on nothing / anicca, dukkha, anatta (!?)

nothing is perfect / apart from the whole … dukkha/nirvana (!?)

/ nirvana: wanting nothing; being at one with what is – the whole – as seen in this moment by the whole

/ dukkha: wanting something; being at odds with what is – the whole – as seen by an entity not the whole

no one is / the self – an entity not the whole – is an illusion, a mental construct reinforced by convention

/practice self-inquiry (!?) …
as a thought – or anything – arises, silently ask to whom it arises, and then ask: Who am I? (!*)

absolute truth

relative truth and absolute truth are two sides of the same coin*

any thinking being is amphibian,
existing at any moment in one or both of two worlds:
the world of what is and the world of what is thought to be

the truth of anything thought to be is relative:
it depends on what else is thought to be

as for what is,
nothing doesn’t change
nothing is perfect
nothing depends on nothing
☛ what is depends on what is

the truth of what is depends on nothing else;
it is absolute, beyond words, beyond the mind,
open here and now – even so – to any and all being
as nothing other than the direct experience of being

nothing thought or said is the absolute truth

the thought of being – I am – is the first thought,
the origin of relative truth, of the world of what is thought to be:
the origin of separation into me and not-me, this and not-this, …

may all be well, letting that thought of being invite the question: Who am I?*


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*a link; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer; see also the about post and the archives of miscellany, notrehta, or fw posts

date and time of last edit: 2023-07-17T10−07*

“Man is an amphibian …” / from the foreword by Aldous Huxley to Krishnamurti’s The First and Last Freedom (!?)

nothing doesn’t change … / anicca, dukkha, anatta – the three marks of existence (!?)

nothing is perfect / ideal, complete, beyond change … from notes on a Substack post*

nothing depends on nothing (!*) / a site-specific search

the direct experience of being / aka choiceless awareness (!* !*)

a direct frontal attack on the question: Who am I? / see “The Answer” by Thanu Padmanabhan (!?)

/ click on the search icon in the reader below, enter the word direct, and step through the six matches





nothing and being

image credit: Samuel Regan-Asante*

nothing depends on nothing, and nothing is unchanging

nothing is other than what is or seems to be

what is – what seems to be – and nothing are not two:
neither exists without the other

nothing exists, and nothing is other than being

no one is


2022-01-25T21:10−08* / January 25, 2022

*a link; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer; see also the about post and the archive of miscellany or notrehta posts

nothing depends on nothing (!*)

want no more

Jacob Needleman, at +3:06:
Consciousness – meaning the totality of thought, feeling, perception, sensation, pleasure, and pain – is not a being . . . Individuality is motivated by and perpetuated by wanting; and the cause of all wanting is ignorance . . . The ignorance meant is of things as they really are, and the consequent attribution of substantiality to what is merely phenomenal; the seeing of self in what is not-self.
the above is from a transcript of Jacob Needleman’s afterword to his reading of the Dhammapada*

whatever you do is never enough until you see what is

do no more than need be done to be and let be:
pay attention to what is, to direct experience,
to the miracle of being aware of being

this is being – being well – and it’s enough

no one need do more, no one need want more

may all be well and want no more


2021-09-02T09:47−07* / at the about* post – at bit.ly/dateposted – anyone can link to this post from its date: September 2, 2021
*a link – or not; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer / … and maybe browse or search the archive*

to want is dukkha* / site search
may all be well and want no more* / ditto
direct experience* / Sam Harris on the topic, quoted by Oliver Burkeman:
“If one pays sufficient attention, one can notice that there’s no subject in the middle of experience – there is only experience.”

may all be well

Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
be well – pay attention to what is, to direct experience,
to the miracle of being aware of being – and want no more

nothing less than our survival depends on wanting nothing more

may none want more than they need to be and let be, to live and let live,
and pay attention to what is, to direct experience, to being aware of being

may all be well and want no more


2021-06-14T19:31−07* 

*a link –  see a note on notes and links :: block quote is from Mary Oliver :: this is a stripped-down version of the previous post*

pay attention to what is, to direct experience* / click on the asterisk or here and then scroll down to notes and the PDF reader

may all be well and want no more

image credit: Google Books / Mary Oliver*

be well – pay attention to what is, to direct experience,
to the miracle of being aware of being – and want no more

nothing less than our survival depends on wanting nothing more

may none want more than they need to be and let be, to live and let live,
and pay attention to what is, to direct experience, to being aware of being

may all be well and want no more


2021-05-01T12:12−07* / at the about*  post – at bit.ly/dateposted – anyone can link to this post from its date: May 1, 2021

*a link – or not; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer / … and maybe browse or search the archive*

attention* / cached audio: from 23:18, Mary Oliver on attention; “Attention without feeling … is only a report.”
attention* / tweet quotes Sam Harris: “If one pays sufficient attention, one can notice that … there is only experience.”*
what is* / the ever-changing present
direct experience* / Thanu Padmanabhan (!*)
direct experience* / of the mystery and wonder (!?)
the miracle of being aware of being* / the observer is the observed  – Krishnamurti* (!?)
nothing less than our survival … / Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens*
to be and let be: “allow everything to be as it is” / Caitlin Johnstone (!?)

may all be well* / results of a site search for this term
be well and want no more* / ditto
nirvana is wanting nothing, not even this* / ditto

there is a stripped-down version of this post at tiny.cc/mayallbewell

a vibrant flame: the ever-changing present

image source: UUA post on Unitarian principles – archived*

My life is a vibrant flame that shines while it may, and my body is a candle meant to be consumed.
—Rev. Charles G. Girelius, Unitarian minister*

being is a vibrant flame: the ever-changing present*

no being is other than this ever-changing presence

nothing is other than this

no one is


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*a link; see a note on notes and links; see also a disclaimer / … and maybe browse or search the post archive*

the ever-changing present

image credit: Raychel Sanner*

this moment is the ever-changing present, a present any conscious being is aware of – like it or not

no one need be unaware of being so choicelessly aware

choiceless awareness is being aware of being, accepting the present here and now, just as it is,
with not one thought about it, “for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”

no one need do more than need be done to be and let be with choiceless awareness in this moment, quietly appreciating the miracle of being aware of being

no one need want more than that none want more, that all may live and let live with love, compassion, joy, and equanimity

with choiceless awareness, being aware of being – in this moment, the ever-changing present – the observer is the observed … and in light of this, no longer under the spell of stories

“… choiceless awareness – at every moment and in all the circumstances of life – is the only effective meditation” / Aldous Huxley  … in his foreword to Jiddu Krishnamurti’s The First and Last Freedom

“Do you want to know what my secret is? … I don’t mind what happens.” —Jiddu Krishnamurti

minding is dukkha; not minding, equanimity

dukkha arises and ceases with consciousness; equanimity, with meditation

effective meditation balances “dukkha with equanimity” – and arises and ceases with appamāda

dukkha with equanimity – the miracle of being aware of being in this moment, the ever-changing present


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phrases shown with links:

the miracle of being aware of being

image credit: Sandy Millar*

other than in the mind,
there are no entities:
nothing depends on nothing,
and nothing doesn’t change;
there is only what is, this being,
this eternal, interdependent flux

nothing is other than this,
no one is

no one is unaware of being,
and no one need do more than need be done
to be and let be in choiceless awareness* *
“at every moment and in all the circumstances of life,”
as being aware of being, as the observer and the observed,
… and so to live with the miracle of being aware of being


20201229T0808−08*

*a link; see a note on notes and links; see also a disclaimer / … and maybe browse or search the post archive*

being aware of being: seeing, hearing, and feeling; sensing smells, tastes, and thoughts*

reflecting on being: the observer as the observed

image credit: Kelen Loewen*

nothing depends on nothing, and nothing doesn’t change

nothing is other than this being; no one is

everyone is aware of being, aware of form, feeling, perception, and thought*

being aware of being is the observer as the observed, is choiceless awareness,
is direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures … (!?)

and direct experience is the key:
The observer and the observed are a joint phenomenon; and when you experience that directly, then you will find that the thing which you have dreaded as emptiness – which makes you seek escape into various forms of sensation, including religion – ceases, and you are able to face it and be it.*

no one need do more than need be done
to be and let be, to live and let live
in this and every moment
without comparing or judging,
in choiceless awareness* *

an awe-filled agnosticism is perhaps the better part of wisdom, (!?)
leaving space to appreciate the miracle of choiceless awareness

given that
appreciation of the miracle of one’s own awareness, which is always present, requiring no conjuring up, has been scribbled over with false images pushed upon us by others*
and that
we are all choicelessly aware of whatever arises in each moment, be it pain, pleasure, fear, attraction, or anything else* – even a thought – aware of it as it arises, before even beginning to think about it,
then simply be as you are – choicelessly aware – “at every moment and in all the circumstances of life” *



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