From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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When things trigger painful memories
When I’m studying French on the Duolingo app, sometimes I find myself thinking about a restaurant where we recently met up with family members. Why? I was early and used the time to finish up my lesson while we waited for them, and now the restaurant and Duolingo are linked in some mental thought thread…
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GYR-8! The Gyroscope and the Buddha’s Eight Worldly Winds
Last spring we looked at the Eight Worldly Winds: pleasure & pain, gain & loss, praise & censure, status & disgrace. Each of us is always in some relationship with these ‘winds’. If we are not experiencing them, perhaps we are chasing after them or running away from them. You can notice this for yourself.…
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
In Mexico it is the day of love and friendship. In elementary school we give valentines to everyone. It’s only when hormones kick in that it becomes a special greeting to a heartthrob. If you have a heartthrob, may you enjoy a sweet celebration of romantic love. If you don’t have a heartthrob, let this…
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How to develop a moral compass…or a gyroscope
In the last post, I wrote about codes of ethics that guide us with a reliable set of rules to keep us out of trouble. As helpful as this code is, it takes an on-the-spot thought process that isn’t always convenient: First, we feel an impulse to do or say something; then we just do…
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What code of ethics do you follow?
I recently saw the Japanese film Shoplifters and recommend it. I mention it here because it has an example of how we develop a code of ethics. The boy in the movie is taught that until an item is purchased it doesn’t belong to anyone, so it’s okay to take it. With this moral guidance…
STEPHANIE NOBLE 