Living in grace bathed in gratitude is good for the health. This is true for both our physical and our mental health. Gratitude reduces stress, anxiety, fear, and doubt. This helps our heart, brain, stomach […]
Experience of our days is up and down. This is on the outside and superficial. As we practice more, an inner experience begins to permeate our whole experience, our whole being. At first it waxes […]
Recently I was reading some research into how people die. It was done by a Neuropsychiatrist (both a Neurologist and Psychiatrist), whose name is Dr. Peter Fenwick. His research, and others he sites, show that […]
We often find ourselves in a rut. We are stuck and don’t know how to get out. Laziness is seductive. It’s like being in a slumber while being spaced out. No real pain, but no […]
When you’re hot, you’re hot. When you’re not, you’re not. And it is o.k., really o.k. Regardless of what is happening on the outside or even on the inside, we are cultivating an “o.k.ness.” Everything […]
“Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream.” Did you sing that when you were young? I did. But we didn’t have a clue to […]
Sometimes we’re happy, sometimes we’re sad. It is all the same, just experience. The more we remember this, the less attached we become to pleasure and pain. With practice we cultivate a refuge deep within […]
A square peg doesn’t fit in a round hole. So don’t push it. A round peg doesn’t fit in a square hole. So don’t push it. These are learning situations I often have to relearn. […]
Let’s go home. Let’s return to joy. Let’s release worry. Let’s move beyond self-doubt. Let’s part from cynicism. Let’s be free of putting others down. Let’s dissolve arrogance. Let’s liberate jealousy. Let’s sail anger to […]
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