Unveiling :: A gift where we least expect it
Challenging moments can provide insight and help us cultivate compassion. Or, they can trigger us to act on aversion, craving, and delusion. If we can note what’s arising, we always have a choice.
Category: Eightfold Path
Unveiling :: The gift of simplicity
There’s no need to learn complex choreography to dance with our veils of thought and emotion.
Unveiling :: Imagination and creativity
The metaphor of veils and creativity are explored in this dharma post.
Wise Effort looks a little different now
The Buddhist teaching of Wise Effort is even more important during a pandemic.
Octopus wisdom the Buddha would approve
My Octopus Teacher on Netflix inspires a Buddhist insight meditation teacher to explore the nature of interconnection and self-care.
Should I stay or should I go?
As businesses reopen we each have difficult choices. Here’s a way to evaluate our decisions from a Buddhist perspective.
Feeling out of control?
Stephanie shares a Buddhist story and a personal story that might help.
Words weave us together or tear us apart
Sheltering in place can be like a refuge, or it can be like a pressure cooker. And one thing that
It’s not the load that breaks you down
Lean Horne said “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” This dharma post explores how to handle life challenges from a wiser perspective, making wiser choices and lightening the load.
Caught up in a people-pleasing pickle?
Some thoughts about Wise Action and all the ways we go astray. And a video of our garden in bloom!
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