Many people tell me that meditation just doesn’t work for them. “My mind is too busy”, they say. Even more people tell me that they have tried and are just doing it wrong. “I can’t seem to stop my thoughts”, they say. Or “I just can’t concentrate”. Sometimes I hear, “I can’t sit still for… Read More »
Violence: Reflections For Turbulent Times
This week’s blog post is contributed by Wade Jones: father, school worker, community leader, and Buddhist priest. Also a great thinker and my friend! This post, originally a talk to a Buddhist community, offers a universal message that is especially relevant today. Reflecting on the Precepts “I vow to refrain from all evil / It… Read More »
Think Big and Dream Even Bigger: A New Hope?
The weekend of January 20-22 was one of great emotion and energy. On Friday the 20th, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the mall in Washington DC , and far more turned on their TV’s, to celebrate the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America. And on… Read More »
Wake Up, Focus, and Get Involved
Around a year ago my blogging shifted from intimate personal narrative to a more objective style. But I don’t think that works right now. In this climate of growing disharmony, I feel the need to revert to vulnerability and to stop thinking so much about what I write! I live my life on the basis… Read More »
My Reflections on 2016 and Aspirations for 2017
What did 2016 mean for you? And how does this inform your aspirations for 2017? 2016 was a year marked by the humanitarian horrors of Syria, by the polarization of Turkey, by Brexit, and by any number of grotesque acts of terrorism. Within the USA we’ve experienced maybe the most divisive and unpleasant American presidential… Read More »
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