It’s the little things we need to notice… to take more pause and savor. Those small “bits” of ordinary detail nestled in time and space that give us the real “flavors” & “textures” of our existence… moment by moment.
In our modern society, ‘time’ has become one of our biggest stressors. At some stages of life, it might feel as though there is never enough time to do what we need to do. Often we don’t know where the time has gone, the years pass by so fast. At other stages, time may weigh […]
Our minds give us the natural capacity for ‘time travel’- where we easily wander into the past and future missing the details of what is directly happening in our present moment.
Much wonder in our lives is simply experienced in the ordinary… As our children grow older- and as we grow older, we are in the midst of a life that is ever-changing. As difficult as it may seem as a parent, we must learn to let go and to embrace the impermanence of our family. […]
If we cannot clearly understand our own feelings, then how can we skillfully relate to those felt by others? It is through our practice where we skillfully develop both compassion for self and empathy for others… an open invitation to embrace the feelings of being and inter-being.
NOTICE… how does calm feel in the body… and how about restlessness? When we take ‘pause’ and give attention to our bodily sensations, we are engaging in self-care.
In Buddhist practice, the ‘Eternal Knot’ is a symbol of promise representing the unity between infinite wisdom and compassion- without beginning or end. It is a geometric diagram of right angles which symbolizes the nature of reality where everything is interconnected- a flowing process of interrelated cause & effect- and where everything exists as part […]
~An insightful poem by Jelaluddin Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty […]