From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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Find Your True Intention
What is your true intention? Jack Kornfield says that setting a long term intention or vow is like setting the compass of your heart. I love that. A compass of your heart. Wherever you find yourself in your thoughts, emotions, decisions and challenges, there’s the compass of your truest intention that can guide you. In…
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The Future’s Not Ours to See
The approach of a new year always reminds me of December 1959, the eve of my first conscious experience of transitioning not just from one year to the next, but of one decade to the next. 1960 loomed large in my twelve-year-old imagination. It felt like embarking on totally new territory, a new continent of…
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Rituals for the Winter Solstice
Yesterday was the solstice and because we have a western view, it is always the sunset that captures the sense of change, how the sun is as far south as it is ever going to set, and from here on until mid-June it will set further and further north. Our next door neighbor has creatively…
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Celebrating Winter Solstice – My Illustrated Poem Now on YouTube!
Whether you enjoy this dark season or hate it, you’ll find comfort in this short video. I wrote the poem 25 years ago. Since then it has become part of winter solstice celebrations around the world. Twenty years ago, I illustrated the poem, cutting out black white and gray shapes. Recently I came upon the illustrations…
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Beyond Meditation: Inquiry & Insight
If you meditate on a regular basis, you have probably found many rewards. But there are more rewards to be discovered in the minutes following your practice that you may not be aware of if you immediately plunge into your busy day. If you sit just a little longer or take a walk, get dressed or do some simple…
STEPHANIE NOBLE 