“My advice is not to make a problem of yourself…”
http://minddeep.blogspot.com/2012/03/there-is-no-problem.html
Ajahn Sumedho:
My advice is not to make a problem of yourself. Give up making a problem about yourself, or how good or bad you are, or what you should or shouldn’t be.
via MARGUERITE MANTEAU-RAO's...
Babies See God
When I was a baby, I knew how to hide in the space between electrons.
People saw me bouncing and laughing, but they had no idea where I was hiding. Even today when I go...
Middle East Peace and Abraham
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/06/opinion/djalal-peace-abraham/index.html
"For more than 60 years, a just solution to the Middle East conflict has eluded the greatest statesmen of our time. Perhaps it is time for a different strategy. Let's call it an Abrahamic...
Poetry Changed the World: Injury and the Ethics of Reading
Interesting essay "Poetry Changed the World" by Elaine Scarry in Boston Review
What is the ethical power of literature? Can it diminish acts of injuring, and if it can, what aspects of literature deserve the...
Meditating on the Colorado Fires
Wildfire after wildfire has been raging here in Colorado over the last few days. First I learned of the fire outside Fort Collins, 90 minutes from Denver. Although far enough away to be out...
The Inner, Phenomenology and Social Transformation
when we meditate, or during some prayers, we will sometimes close our eyes. the assumption is that limiting our mental and physical exposure to the stimulation of objects and other contents in our surroundings,...
Classical Literature, the Gods, and Metaphysical Desire
In December I finished teaching a course on classical myth and literature for undergraduates. We read a variety of texts and from a variety of time periods. Among the works we studied were The...
Reclaim the Divine Feminine: Connect to Your Creative Spirit | New Workshop for 2014
A Six Week Series led by Jude Rittenhouse
When:
Begins Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 7 pm (Eastern Time) Whether you write, paint, draw, sing, cook, raise children, dance, take care of elderly parents, run a household or a...
The Mnemosyne Weekly: Poem Ten
NOTE: This content is from my blog, Bareback Alchemy. If links here aren't working, please try there: http://melissastuddard.blogspot.com/2012/05/mnemosyne-weekly-poem-ten.html
W. B. Yeats
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Photo by Kenneth Allen
This week, thanks to the recommendation of Robert...
Just One Thing. Rick Hanson Ph.D.
Home > Blog > Fear > Embrace Fragility Could it crack?
The Practice:
Embrace fragility.
Why?
The truth of anything is like a mosaic with many tiles, many parts.
One part of the truth of things is that they are...