@thisguy05.bsky.social
Spiritual seeker, meditator, aspiring yogi, father, husband. Happily becoming Nobody. Trying to find my way in a world that feels lost.
I love interacting with you all but for the sake of my soul I’m taking some time off from social media. Bluesky has been my best online place but I need a break even here. Maybe just the rest of the month but I’ll reassess then. May you all be happy, well and safe. Much love.
December 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I love interacting with you all but for the sake of my soul I’m taking some time off from social media. Bluesky has been my best online place but I need a break even here. Maybe just the rest of the month but I’ll reassess then. May you all be happy, well and safe. Much love.
Six years ago today Ram Dass (formerly Dr. Richard Alpert) left his body. I feel so much gratitude for him, his journey and all her taught us.
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Six years ago today Ram Dass (formerly Dr. Richard Alpert) left his body. I feel so much gratitude for him, his journey and all her taught us.
"Meditate like Christ. He lost himself in love." - Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji)
December 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Meditate like Christ. He lost himself in love." - Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji)
Reposted
The present emotions are not attacking you, my love.
It’s all just interpretations of your mind.
You are divinely protected.
See that.
It’s all just interpretations of your mind.
You are divinely protected.
See that.
December 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The present emotions are not attacking you, my love.
It’s all just interpretations of your mind.
You are divinely protected.
See that.
It’s all just interpretations of your mind.
You are divinely protected.
See that.
See beauty in everything. The morning sun slipping in to brighten my day.
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
See beauty in everything. The morning sun slipping in to brighten my day.
You are an ocean of inestimable depth and worth.
Why live as though merely this confining container of flesh and bone?
You are the Universe.
Today, live as ever-expanding wisdom, love and strength.
This is you.
Why live as though merely this confining container of flesh and bone?
You are the Universe.
Today, live as ever-expanding wisdom, love and strength.
This is you.
December 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You are an ocean of inestimable depth and worth.
Why live as though merely this confining container of flesh and bone?
You are the Universe.
Today, live as ever-expanding wisdom, love and strength.
This is you.
Why live as though merely this confining container of flesh and bone?
You are the Universe.
Today, live as ever-expanding wisdom, love and strength.
This is you.
I think of this often. We are so lost in our phones that we have lost touch with one another. We numb our deepest hearts rather than sharing them with each other. Ultimately, this is a loss of our very humanity.
The problem of our society
is the loss of attention
to each other.
Inside the emotional body,
we look the other way.
is the loss of attention
to each other.
Inside the emotional body,
we look the other way.
December 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I think of this often. We are so lost in our phones that we have lost touch with one another. We numb our deepest hearts rather than sharing them with each other. Ultimately, this is a loss of our very humanity.
Reposted
If you want peace and harmony in the world, you must have peace and harmony in your hearts and minds. Such change cannot be imposed; it must come from within.
― Nisargadatta (in I Am That)
― Nisargadatta (in I Am That)
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If you want peace and harmony in the world, you must have peace and harmony in your hearts and minds. Such change cannot be imposed; it must come from within.
― Nisargadatta (in I Am That)
― Nisargadatta (in I Am That)
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible”
- Carl G Jung
- Carl G Jung
December 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible”
- Carl G Jung
- Carl G Jung
“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.”
-Thomas Merton
-Thomas Merton
December 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.”
-Thomas Merton
-Thomas Merton
“When you are spontaneous and aligned to the Nature, then mistakes do not happen.”
-Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
-Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“When you are spontaneous and aligned to the Nature, then mistakes do not happen.”
-Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
-Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
"I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party, and I attended with my real face."
- Franz Kafka
- Franz Kafka
December 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party, and I attended with my real face."
- Franz Kafka
- Franz Kafka
I exist
as I am, that is
enough.
-Walt
Whitman
as I am, that is
enough.
-Walt
Whitman
December 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I exist
as I am, that is
enough.
-Walt
Whitman
as I am, that is
enough.
-Walt
Whitman
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it.
Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
RamDass
Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
RamDass
December 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it.
Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
RamDass
Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
RamDass
"Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind."
-Amma
-Amma
December 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind."
-Amma
-Amma
"The benefits of meditation are never lost. They will always remain with you, ready to bear fruit at the right time."
-Amma
-Amma
December 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"The benefits of meditation are never lost. They will always remain with you, ready to bear fruit at the right time."
-Amma
-Amma
“I know more than I understand. I’m intellectually ahead of where I am intuitively; I can say all the things, but I’m not yet fully being them. Inevitably, I’ve got to be them, there’s no choice.”
-Ram Dass
-Ram Dass
December 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“I know more than I understand. I’m intellectually ahead of where I am intuitively; I can say all the things, but I’m not yet fully being them. Inevitably, I’ve got to be them, there’s no choice.”
-Ram Dass
-Ram Dass
Reposted
“If your mind doesn't go out to disturb the noise, the noise won't disturb you.
-Ajahn Chan-
-Ajahn Chan-
December 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“If your mind doesn't go out to disturb the noise, the noise won't disturb you.
-Ajahn Chan-
-Ajahn Chan-
"One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, 'Let whatever strange thing that happens happen, let us see!' This should be one's practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things."
- Ramana Maharshi
- Ramana Maharshi
December 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"One should remain as a witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude, 'Let whatever strange thing that happens happen, let us see!' This should be one's practice. Nothing happens by accident in the divine scheme of things."
- Ramana Maharshi
- Ramana Maharshi
Once we begin to see encounter the true Self it becomes so much easier to laugh at the ego body. I just teared up listening to Rocky Mountain High in the car. Must’ve looked nuts both laughing and crying as I drove home. I love this adventure of Self discovery.
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Once we begin to see encounter the true Self it becomes so much easier to laugh at the ego body. I just teared up listening to Rocky Mountain High in the car. Must’ve looked nuts both laughing and crying as I drove home. I love this adventure of Self discovery.
Learned an amazing acronym yesterday. For those of you who also battle with shame this may hit home:
Should
Have
Already
Mastered
Everything
I’m really going to try to think of this each time I feel shame over all the many things I feel it over.
Credit Anne Lamott’s forward in There is No Othe
Should
Have
Already
Mastered
Everything
I’m really going to try to think of this each time I feel shame over all the many things I feel it over.
Credit Anne Lamott’s forward in There is No Othe
December 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Learned an amazing acronym yesterday. For those of you who also battle with shame this may hit home:
Should
Have
Already
Mastered
Everything
I’m really going to try to think of this each time I feel shame over all the many things I feel it over.
Credit Anne Lamott’s forward in There is No Othe
Should
Have
Already
Mastered
Everything
I’m really going to try to think of this each time I feel shame over all the many things I feel it over.
Credit Anne Lamott’s forward in There is No Othe
Aging can be fascinating. Many fight against it but if you choose just to watch the changes in your impermanent body and mind it can even give a few good chuckles. Just grabbed reading glasses as I head out to shop. There will be labels to read after all. Where did this old man come from?
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Aging can be fascinating. Many fight against it but if you choose just to watch the changes in your impermanent body and mind it can even give a few good chuckles. Just grabbed reading glasses as I head out to shop. There will be labels to read after all. Where did this old man come from?
There is no point worrying about the outer events of your life because you can exercise no control over these destined activities. Your responsibility in this life is to see who you are, not to rewrite your life script.”
- Annamalai Swami
Keeping this mindset is perhaps our hardest struggle.
- Annamalai Swami
Keeping this mindset is perhaps our hardest struggle.
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
There is no point worrying about the outer events of your life because you can exercise no control over these destined activities. Your responsibility in this life is to see who you are, not to rewrite your life script.”
- Annamalai Swami
Keeping this mindset is perhaps our hardest struggle.
- Annamalai Swami
Keeping this mindset is perhaps our hardest struggle.
Father/Daughter fun day! Her semester ended and I had a spare vacation day so off we go to the art gallery and lunch at my favorite Indian restaurant. So excited, I’m giddy. Love this incredible young woman.
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Father/Daughter fun day! Her semester ended and I had a spare vacation day so off we go to the art gallery and lunch at my favorite Indian restaurant. So excited, I’m giddy. Love this incredible young woman.
Journaling honestly is an incredible tool of svadhyaya (self study). But it must be honest and not written for an audience. This ruined my journaling for years. Much time spent imagining how I’d look if others read it. Giving that up has made all the difference.
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Journaling honestly is an incredible tool of svadhyaya (self study). But it must be honest and not written for an audience. This ruined my journaling for years. Much time spent imagining how I’d look if others read it. Giving that up has made all the difference.