(((label this…)))

belief in effort being required to attain (enlightenment, for example) may be the only “true” (illus-ory) “hinderance” to recognizing that such is alre-ady the case; it is what one is… (inspired by The Zen Teachings of Huang Po)
“success” is “achieved” via… difficult to explain… something ((like)) “cessation of verbs” (i was going to write other things like “relinquishing pursuit of “success”, finding nothing to be “achieved”, but both “relinquishing” and “finding” ((and even “recognizing”)) imply still that is actually anyone doing anything)

thoughts, sensations, perceptions — phenomena…
(persistently… alternating (not a verb, an observation) focused attention bet-ween…

<<birthday reminder popped up; text sent…>>

… this and continuation of an explanatory mental health document started yesterday)

breathe. notice. rest in awareness…
(background noise, inclination toward labeling (“washing machine”, “cat squeaks/chirps”, “traffic”, “wind”, “breath”, “heart(beat)”… even “background” and “noise” (that nickname again)…

<<conversation with Sherri about AI, origination of consciousness and the universe, and other related topics…>>

… are labels… technic-ally even “label” is a label, i guess…)(()))

open, aware, present… (do even these words truly mean anything?) whatever is happening… (really? because its all right now…) nothing excluded… (how could it be, really?) here/now/this…

being (here it comes…) is enough… (is it though?! ha ha ha!)

… an uncondit-ional yes to experiencing it/at all…
(no tea ((or coffee)) today; on to the document!…)

(love) 💕