today is the
death of yesterday-
morning glories
May17
Category Archives: Buddhism
May14
New moon
the moon
waxes and wanes-
samsara
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May12
Lang Lang at Lyric Opera
Tonight my daughter and I went to see Lang Lang at Lyric Opera.
As I sat there listening to him play I found myself meditating. Not realizing what had happened I just went with it. What better place? Here I was in a peaceful and loving environment (my daughters presence) AND I was enveloped by the sound of the piano in a room with hundreds of others all of whom were listening to the same thing.
It was similar to experiences I have had during other group meditations except instead of chanting or silence there was this gifted pianist guiding the meditation.
As the time passed I found myself riding the music, flowing with it and being part of it. It was quite a wonderful experience and I am happy to share it with my dear readers. Good night and may you be happy and content.
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May12
Mindfulness is not thinking, by Trevor Leggett
Mindfulness is not thinking, this is one of the reasons it is so powerful.
It is a common view that mindfulness is thinking — Now I’m walking. Now I’m talking. Now I’m not walking or talking, but just standing. Now I’m sitting down... It is just like a running BBC commentary. But, as a matter of fact, words cannot describe these things.
This talk follows in with my little idea about music and meditation.
May11
excruciatingly real
storms rips the
tree out by its roots.
wave after wave
Today’s posting is quite a bit late but as I am still working on my 365 haiku a day challenge I pushed to get this one in. After a few weeks of relative pain free days I was hit with serious waves last night. If you have ever seen the movie “Predator” and the scene where the alien is ripping the spine out of its target then you know what I felt like last night! But, since all things are impermanent I knew that it would pass. Meditating on the pain, stretching and rest helped it pass. This was the first time I was able to meditate and focus on such levels of pain. The experience was interesting to say the least. At first the pain was overwhelming but slowly I was able to look at it and soon I the pain, while still there, seemed to be outside of me and not as intense. The focus this took was exhausting so I took some medication and a nap. I am happy to say that the pain today reminded me of the reality of impermanence and I am grateful for this lesson.
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May10
Name tags
This week I have tried to do more Metta meditation and share loving compassion with all sentient beings. So in honor of this I am wearing this, virtual, name tag.
I am grateful for so many things that I will not bore you all with a list. I just ask you to share in the wearing of the name tag and remember what you are grateful for.
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May9
Tai Chi Relieves Fibromyalgia
Check out the results fo this study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This is new work, published in 2012 shows (again) that Yang tai chi and it’s soft gentle movements help people suffering terrible pain feel better.
I am happy to say, this is the exact form I teach at the center. So, please come in and try it.
I highly recommend this. The teacher is excellent.
May2
A gift to you
Dear readers,
I gratitude for your kind words, comments and, well, just reading my haiku I decided to move my site to fiercebuddhist.org. There will be no more ads on my pages to annoy and or tempt you.
I am amazed to have 22k lifetime (1 year) and over 5k of views last month. Just a few months ago I barely had 100. Now there are almost 200 people following my writing!
I humbly thank you all and am happy to share each little moment with you all. Once again thank you and I hope you enjoy the improved site.
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Apr27
Spiritual Materialism and Cherry Picking
These days, it’s common to see someone spend tons of money on their new spiritual knick-knacks, or the self-help books from the “New Age section”, and “spiritual” lectures. People often pick and choose from many different traditions, leaving out anything they deem problematic or challenging. In essence, they end up with a shallow “spiritual” practice that is nothing more than justification for their already well-established, preconceived notions.
Apr27
All Guests Welcome
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’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house,
empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
Excellent advice on mindfulness
