From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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Taking Refuge in Stormy Times
“In these challenging times we need this refuge, these ripples of kindness, now more than ever. We are all interconnected. We are all tender-hearted humans who want to experience peace and ease in our daily lives.” – Jack Kornfield These words were in a recent community email I received from Spirit Rock, just after I…
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Cultivating Gratitude When Grumpy
Not feeling it this Thanksgiving season? I get that. Me neither. But stay with me here and together we’ll work through it, because gratitude is more than just being thankful for getting what we want or things being perfect. It’s a practice that brings us solace. So let’s give it a go. The simplest most…
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After the election
I am sitting here at the edge of the ocean trying to be present with all that is arising like waves within me, not trying to placate, not trying to talk myself out of any feeling that comes up within me, not trying to do anything except create room for it all and the compassion…
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The Ten Paramitas :: A Review
The qualities we have been exploring are not alien to us. They are intrinsic to our nature. To the degree we believe them to be something to attain from an external source we misunderstand them and suffer. Whether they are firmly established in our lives or seedlings waiting to be nourished, we are always able…
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Coping with what life gives us
The tenth Paramita* is Equanimity, the ability to hold all that is going on in our lives in an easeful way. In the past I have used the analogy of being like the sky, holding fluffy white clouds, rainbows, storms and lightning bolts all at once. Many years ago a woman in our sangha out at Spirit…
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