New Blog: Suchness IS Things As They Are ... and It's All Good!

After a long blogging absence, I'M BAAAAAAACK!

My old blog site, Posterous, shut down in April 2013. Since then I've been on a blogging sabbatical. Not that I haven't written. I'm still writing about all kinds of things ... and still lots of Buddhist ramblings. More about why I write in my first official post, "Why I Write."

A little housekeeping first ...

My Posterous blog was called "Things as They Are: Buddhist Ramblings." After finding my way over here to Blogger, I discovered there were lots of people writing about "things as they are." Now I have a new name: "Suchness: It's All Good - Buddhist Ramblings." Still ramblings about things just as they are.

What is suchness? Suchness is a reference to Tathatā, which is a key Buddhist concept meaning that in each moment, everything is happening anew. Everything is changing, so every moment—every now—is just as it is at that moment. That means it's not inherently good or bad, even if you think what is happening right now is "good" or "bad."

So, if you feel like you have to label or categorize now, you might as well call it ALL GOOD!

Now for some explanation of the entries. I migrated over most of my blog posts. A couple ended up MIA and a few photos ended up missing, too. The dates that appear on the post, other than today's first two posts ("New Blog" and "Why I Write") are much older than the date will reflect. They won't be in correct chronological order of their original posting date either. But it's all good.

I hope to pop in frequently with a post or two, but until then, feel free to read the old stuff after you read my first entry, "Why I Write."