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We live in an illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. You are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all. ~ Kalu Rinpoche As a child I loved puzzles. As an adult I enjoy Buddhist teachings. […] People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. This has been a very nostalgic week. I received an email message from a woman I worked with some time ago. Her email message: I don’t know if you remember me or not. I was a patient in the early […] It turned out to be a beautiful day, even though it started out cloudy and sprinkled a bit at the end of the Memorial Day Parade. The sky is now ribbons of blue and pink. It has been a day of memories for me, for sure, as May 25, 2003, we had my […] I look at the post date of my previous blog entry and I realize it was 13 days ago. Where has all the time gone? These days are extra busy. I find myself doing laundry after ten and making soup before nine. We brought my mother-in-love home from the hospital on oxygen where […] I am listening to Jon Kabat-Zinn talking about the difference between thinking and awareness. The gift in listening is that it has turned off the fears of dying, and the preoccupation that there might be something wrong with me. I can point to the “facts” connected to my concerns, such as that my right […] I have been revisiting a pattern of physical pain that was years ago key in my journey. Back then—ah, interesting—it was a “back” problem that caused me to quit my job and totally redirected the work I do in the world. It is how I became interested in holistic health, and it is […] Years ago, I opened a sermon with this illustration: Three guys have been stranded on a desert island for a very long time when one of them finds a magic lantern containing a genie. The genie grants them each one wish. The first guy wishes he was off the island and back home─and […] Maybe the most important teaching is to lighten up and relax. It’s such a huge help in working with our crazy mixed-up minds to remember that what we’re doing is unlocking a softness that is in us and letting it spread. We’re letting it blur the sharp corners of self-criticism and complaint. When […] Hank’s friend was in Michigan this winter rather than in Florida golfing with Hank. John lost his spot on Jerry’s golf league. About 1:00 pm today, John’s phone rang. Hank was calling to get the name and address of the golf course they were going to play on Tuesday. “I will call my […] How much more our beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions dictate our emotions, but weather can really get people down. A gray day can drag our mood down, or sunshine can lift our spirits. Photo taken by my sister-in-law, Cindy Basham. Having spent the past few winters in sunny Southwest Florida, I marvel at how […] |
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