My new blog is online now:
Between Thoughts: A quiet space for noticing what is already here.
https://bhagavan.dev

Also see our video channel:
https://youtube.com/@ConsciousnessResearch

#consciousness #meditation #realization #Buddha #sumi-e #advaita #zen

It's important that other people are happy. Not happy about us, but about themselves and things/people that matter to them.

Perhaps a late recognition in my life, but I'm glad I recognize it and I commit to realizing it.

#realization #life #society #happiness

“Silly” thoughts… – part 1

They may seem silly, in a way, but are they really? And then, when I have these thoughts, I often wonder how "weird" they are... Do people think things like these occasionally? 🤔 Or are these thoughts a bit more special, in a way, because they don't happen that often? Or, when they happen, maybe people brush them off, and just continue with what they were doing? I know that my brain works in "mysterious" ways, at times. That my logical way of thinking doesn't seem logical at all to most other folks? That it may even seem wrong to some, until they, possibly, find out that some things have more than one "right" way to deal with them... But yeah, I sometimes have these thoughts, and they make me stop, and pause, for a moment... So now, when I have them, I try to write a bit about them on Mastodon. 😊 And in this post, I'll use the Toots (posts on Mastodon) as well as other bits, to tell you all about my "Silly" Thoughts. This is the first post in the series (will it be a series? 😇). […]

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/silly-thoughts-part-1/

'When did you first realize that you were enough?'
CBC Ottawa's Black History Month series features pairs of Black Ottawans who ask each other questions that start with the words, "When did you?" Ruby Edet, executive director of Capital Heritage Connection, and Monique Fuller, co-creator of the Ottawa Black Arts Kollective, join host Alan Neal in-studio.
#selfawareness #realization
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7104414?cmp=rss