From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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Meditation & Creativity: WABI SABI
We have been exploring creativity and I would like bring in the idea of wabi sabi, the Zen Buddhist concept of finding beauty in imperfection and impermanence. Wabi sabi is, in effect, the expression of fully living in the moment brought into the realm of aesthetics. Fully living in the moment we see things as…
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Meditation: Beyond the Toggle Switch
Sometimes meditators fall asleep, not because they are tired but because the mind sometimes thinks all it has is a toggle switch, either on or off, awake or asleep. The idea of being fully awake and fully present with the eyes closed may make no sense to the mind at first, and as we know…
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The Comparing Mind
I just got back from a camping trip in an area we enjoy around Carson Pass on Highway 88 in the Sierra mountains. We set off for a hike we had taken before, up the trail to Lake Winnamucca. The previous hike had been so glorious that my husband, the artist Will Noble, had come…
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‘What Is holding you in bondage?’ meditative exploration
“What is holding you in bondage?”That question was posed by the Spirit Rock teacher Mark Coleman back in 2002, and it sent me on quite a journey.“What holds me in bondage?” I asked myself over and over again in the following weeks. Finally, I had a big aha! It’s my habitual nature, my habitual thinking,…
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Summer Solstice: Mindfulness & Metta
The summer solstice, when the nights are shortest and the days are longest, brings to my mind two aspects of Buddhist meditation practice. The first aspect is mindfulness, the joyful ability to fully inhabit the present moment. Staying in touch with the seasons helps to keep us present. The changing seasons teach us so much…
STEPHANIE NOBLE 