From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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Exploring our relationship with the ‘enemy’
On especially hot days I am reminded of the summers I spent in Philadelphia when I was in my late teens. My parents had moved there from California, so when I went ‘home’ for the summer it was to this place that didn’t feel like home at all. It was a brick oven of a…
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Treasure beyond measure
Have you ever gone on a Scavenger Hunt? This one has a big reward, a treasure beyond measure — definitely worth doing! Most scavenger hunts have you go about town looking for things, but for this scavenger hunt we will stay seated and use our imaginations. Scavenger Hunt Instructions Close your eyes and think about…
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Love doesn’t have to hurt.
When we talk about love we may mean romantic love or the family and friendship ties that bind us in a love that varies in degree and complexity, depending on our own nature and what each party contributes and expects from the other. Think of all the relationships in your life. Each one has it’s…
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Caught up in an internal windstorm?
Each moment of each day teaches us something new about how to be in relationship with life. So many opportunities to see, for example, fear arising to tear things apart, and love arising to bring seemingly disparate hearts together. Our practice is to live our intention to be present and compassionate with ourselves and others.…
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What’s in a Name?
Lately I’ve been noticing how often people call themselves names: ‘stupid’ or “idiot”; or they describe themselves as ‘technologically challenged’ or ‘anal’, etc. They may start sentences with ‘I’m the kind of person who…’ What’s wrong with that? This is such a common human thing to do that it doesn’t seem problematic on the surface.…
STEPHANIE NOBLE 