Towards Enlightenment (3): What Can Be Done About Losing Focus/Getting Distracted?

by Erdal Bora | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

July 16, 2015, 10:32 p.m. I just published the previous post and then I was going to sit in meditation, but I lost focus and my attent’on was claimed by Facebook and I briefly surfed a news channel. That didn’t last long. I ate another 8-10 black olives...

Towards Enlightenment (2): The Ground Floor of Heaven is All Well and Good, but How Do We Get In?

by Erdal Bora | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

July 16, 2015 at 00:03 (3rd minute of the day) After I shared yesterday’s article, I talked to a relative and realized that people seek peace and happiness when they are struggling in the system. I remembered my own struggling time. I set the intention before...

Towards Enlightenment (1): The Ground Floor of Heaven and the Slowly Boiled Frog Syndrome

by Erdal Bora | Jul 15, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

Nice title, isn’t it? I’m going to do it now. I can’t write the article right now because I’m suffering from the slowly-boiled frog syndrome. I have to meditate first and I’m sleepy. I’m going to meditate while lying in bed to get...

Freedom! – How to Free Oneself from the System and Sow the Seeds of Leaving a Beautiful World for the Future?

by Erdal Bora | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

Freedom! said Mel Gibson, who played William Wallace, at the end of the movie Braveheart. I sat down to write this at 1:23 a.m. My mind is quite clear. I have been quite emotionally volatile this week. I was a bit depressed when I read that a very large thermal power...

Time to Share – Hell’s Exit Door

by Erdal Bora | Jul 5, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

It’s evening. I cooked food for the animals this morning, tidied up the house a bit. I think my tidying up the house is a long-term project. What a mess. Tidying up never ends. If I tidy up a little bit every day, it’ll probably be done eventually. But I...

A Blog Post at the Bottom of the Night. It Fits the Occasion. Appearing as You Are/Being as You Appear

by Erdal Bora | Jul 2, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

To be able to write exactly what’s in my heart. I watched a beautiful video about this today, and it’s not over yet. Two blossoming souls, both of whom I would classify as teachers who are in my ‘favorites’ category, are having a conversation....