Kindness

No Matter Who Is President . . .

No matter who is the American president, crocuses and pansies, daffodils and tulips, primrose and petunias will bloom as springtime brings warming sunlight. Babies will be born, loved ones will die; for some people there will be joyous moments, for others inconsolable sadness. Acts of generosity and kindness will continue to heal hearts that are … Read more

Then and Now 72

I read some of the Buddha’s Atthakavagga teachings after breakfast this morning, a nice way to prepare for the work of the day. I’m now at my writing desk, Diogi is sleeping alongside on his quilted-comforter bed. Coming through the window is that luminous shine – a glow, actually – of winter sun’s reflection on … Read more

Where Are You?

I was reading a 1990 interview with James Hillman, the acclaimed psychologist, whose work was greatly inspired by his studies with Carl Jung in the 1950’s. In speaking of ‘New Age’ movements, he remarked, “Meditation, in today’s world, is obscene. To go into a room and sit on the floor and meditate on a straw … Read more

Gratitude and Kindness

The Sufis say that whatever you can lose in a shipwreck isn’t really yours. :: As we sit around our table with family and friends, giving thanks and offering notions of gratitude, consider that all those things we have, that we give thanks for and appreciate having, are only on loan to us. :: People … Read more

Morning Breeze

(Dharma) Bread Crumb #2 Consider the difference between feeling sad and being sad . . . and then choose the one that will best enable you, upon waking up in the morning, to cross the bedroom, open a window and let the sweet breeze in . . . letting it touch you all over your … Read more