“So how do we celebrate impermanence, suffering, and egolessness in our everyday lives? When impermanence presents itself in our lives, we can recognize it as impermanence. We don’t have to look for opportunities to do this. When your pen runs out of ink in the middle of writing an important letter, recognize it as impermanence, [...]
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“Intensify the preciousness…”
Posted in Inspiration, Pema Chodron, Spirituality on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Raw edge of the inevitable…”
Posted in Dad, Family, Pema Chodron, Photo Canvases, Photography, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing, Yoga, Zen on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tonight we do a rigorous Hatha practice…designed to strengthen HARA. Our hour of Hatha practice is followed by an hour of Raja yoga…walking meditation, pranayama and sitting meditation. I sit blissfully on my cushion, momentarily thought-less; empty; following the instruction to “be nobody and do nothing,” Suddenly, there are tears streaming down my cheeks. Two [...]
“Rather than harden…”
Posted in Listening, Pema Chodron, Photo Canvases, Photography, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing, Yoga, Zen on January 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. The trick to doing this is to stay with emotional distress without tightening into aversion; to let fear soften us rather than harden into resistance. – PEMA CHODRON -
“Don’t expect applause…”
Posted in Inspiration, Instructions, Nature, Obsessions, Pema Chodron, Photo Canvases, Photography, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing, Zen on June 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
One afternoon in early March, I took 40 pictures of a single rose. I lost myself in the light and the angles and the possibilities–the shutter speed, the macro adjustment. Today something similar took place. Because I do a lot my work on the telephone, I have the privilege of working at home. On beautiful [...]
“Don’t be so predictable…”
Posted in Dialogue, Inspiration, Instructions, Obsessions, Pema Chodron, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing, Zen on June 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have to say that there are days when I am just at loose ends. I start out with the best of intentions around creativity, productivity and the like and then for one reason or another, things go south. Today, the landslide started with a phone call at noon time…the rest of the day was [...]
