Learning to Have Faith
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The Faith to Face the Present One thing I miss from my early Christian upbringing was the belief that something out there was caring for me, watching over me. And when I felt cut off as though my spirit had darkened, I assumed I was failing. My disconnect from God was evidence of their displeasure. […]
Not Perfection There is a saying in recovery rooms: “Progress, not perfection.” Perfectionism may appear to be a commitment to excellence, but it is often something more anxious and self-defeating. It comes from the fear that we are not good enough as we are—that we must perform, impress, or remain in control to earn our […]
And No Problem Learn from your mistakes, it is said. But I don’t believe we learn from our mistakes. I believe we learn from our wisdom. And the only mistake we truly make is to not pay attention. Then we fail to listen to our wisdom. Especially when we make a mistake. Indeed, we need […]
UNCOVERING WHO WE ARE The key to understanding ourselves is to employ gentleness. This is important because we are organic beings. We will nurture plants on our windowsill but treat ourselves with a demanding impatience before we’re even out of bed. Pushing ourselves is counterproductive as none of us likes being told what to do. […]
Why is it so hard to pay attention? Our lives are so precious. Our time here so limited. And in that brief moment there is so much we might learn. So much to feel. So much to see. So much to understand. We have so far to grow. And, in my opinion, we should never […]
Paying Attention to the Tool We Use to Pay Attention Before I take my brain out in public, it seems only prudent to check the machinery. Before I unleash my normally passionate—and sometimes reactive—engagement with the world, I like to get in sync with my mind, and have some idea how I’m actually feeling. How […]
Setting an Intention For Our Intention We sometimes find ourselves off course in life. For me this stems from being off course with my mindfulness practice. If I’m not paying attention now, I’m likely not on track down the line. Without mindfulness intentions will to come and go. Without grounding in Mindfulness successful outcomes are […]
Making Space For Life I think we all feel that we have enough on our minds. Maybe too much. I remember the cartoon of the school child raising their hand, “ma’am can I be excused, my brain is full.” In truth our minds are capable of accessing astronomical amounts of information. It’s simply that the […]
The notion of a living Buddha is, that following the Buddhist path our relationship with the Buddha is alive, experiential and developmental.
What happens before a thought? Is there an instance of space that opens? Before we fill it with a cognition? Before we decide what this moment means? Before the notion of “me” arises again? Maybe in this perfect moment of open space anything and everything is possible. I wonder whether the birth of a thought […]