“We begin in dreams. Then we wake up. The world shrinks to the size of our own little selves. We become egotistic. The isolated, skin-bound, brain-bound, self-feeling being that has been growing within us since we recognized ourselves…
Yearly Archives: 2018
What about Jane?
Tagged with: Anger, Buddhism, Compassion, Ego, oneness, perception, Spiritual, Spirituality
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Bill
I just arrived home from a celebration of my friend Bill Birch’s life. He died in the last week of complications from the debilitating disease scleroderma. It was wonderful to see that there were so many people who…
Tagged with: Celebration of life, eulogy, Friendship, In memoriam, life, Memorial, Scleroderma
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Karma
Karma means action. Every action has an effect. Actions most often are given birth from our thoughts. Our thoughts in turn are affected by our actions. An action I make has consequences. We are also all linked, every…
Tagged with: Anniversary, Buddhism, Interbeing, Karma, Love, Marriage, Mom, Mother, Spirituality
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The Dress
Did you ever have one of those “aha” moments, you know, the kind where everything changes for you? Maybe you get out of yourself a little bit, long enough to look at the world through a different lens.…
Tagged with: Buddhism, Compassion, Ego, insight, Love, Mom, Mother, perception, Spiritual, Spirituality
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This and That or There But For the Grace of God Go I
I was feeling disappointed this morning. I had just finished meditating, the whole time during which my lower back ached. I injured it a couple of weeks ago and it was hurting. A lot. So much for my plans. I…
Tagged with: Abuse, Being with what is, Buddhism, Creator, fate, future, God, samsara, Spirituality, suffering
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Lucky
I am so lucky. I hurt my back two weeks ago. This morning at 7 a.m. I was startled by some pretty heavy knocking on my apartment door. My husband threw on his robe and opened the door to be…
Tagged with: Being with what is, contentment, glass half full, Gratefulness, life, Lucky, Meditation, perception, positivity
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Legacy
As the earth gives us food and air and all the things we need May I give my heart to caring for all others until all attain awakening For the good of all sentient beings May loving kindness be born…
Tagged with: Abuse, Buddhism, Compassion, insight, Meditation, Mothers Day, Prayer, Spirituality
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A Slow Learner
One day my teacher, Venerable Karma Yeshe Wangpo said to me: “You should teach”. I didn’t. Some weeks passed. Again he said: “You should teach”. Still I didn’t. I guess I am a slow learner. For two whole years he…
Tagged with: Buddhism, Compassion, Creator, Ego, God, insight, Spiritual, Spirituality
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Love is Forever
I was meditating this morning. I cried a couple of times. It was a busy meditation session. Lots happening. The happening that ended in tears was my mom. My mom. Sometimes when I look at her wrinkled, beautiful…
Tagged with: Being Present, Being with what is, Dementia, Impermanence, Loss, Love, Meditation, Mom
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A Gift to Remember
The train screeched and groaned its way onto the platform. Silhouetted against the Christmas lights shining through the windows of the station, the darkened figures dotting the platform gradually came into focus. I squinted, trying to locate them through the…
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