Archives for December 2014

Entering the Silence

Entering the silence is such a difficult thing for us Westerners. We seem to have a fear of silence. We turn our attention away from the silence as if we don’t want it. But then, when we experience it for real, perhaps for the first time, it is so strange for us. We don’t recognize […]

Meet Your Spirit Guides: Guided Meditation – Purpose Fairy

Meet Your Spirit Guides: Guided Meditation – Purpose Fairy.

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

In the words of Jesus, we are taught to love our neighbors as ourselves. These days, many people are so miserable that they don’t love themselves. Instead, they find someone else to blame and go off to create more misery for other people. The are caught in a self-destructive cycle of self-hate and don’t even […]

The Beauty of Spending More Time Alone With Yourself – Purpose Fairy

The Beauty of Spending More Time Alone With Yourself – Purpose Fairy.

Sister Chan Khong Spoke for Thich Nhat Hanh

Pope Francis invited Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) to speak about the signing of the declaration against slavery. Since Thay is still sick in the hospital, Sister Chan Khong spoke for Thich Nhat Hanh from a prepared speech. The speech is available in its entirety on the Plum Village website. Pope Francis invited spiritual […]

15 Things Great Parents Do Differently – Purpose Fairy

15 Things Great Parents Do Differently – Purpose Fairy.

5 Types of Meditation Decoded | The Chopra Center

5 Types of Meditation Decoded | The Chopra Center.

Where There is Life There is Hope

I just came back from viewing The Theory of Everything. It is a movie about life of Stephen Hawking with his wife, Jane Wilde. It is based on the book, Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, and stars Eddie Redmayne (“Les Misérables”) and Felicity Jones (“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”). The theme of the movie […]

The Monk and the Comic

We Are Whole at this Moment

How do we nurture a mind that is so open, alive and intimate that it can take everything as medicine? …What needs to be healed is our idea that we are not whole at this moment. —Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara