Archives for July 2025

Joanna Macy Passed Away July 19, 2025

On Sunday, July 20, I visited the wake of the wonderful teacher, Joanna Macy in her home in Berkeley, CA. She was a good friend of Thay and she will be terribly missed. The wake was quite. I first entered the living room where people were sitting and singing beautiful spiritual songs like we might […]

Words of Wisdom for July 22, 2025

Interbeing is the understanding that nothing exists separately from anything else. We are all interconnected. By taking care of another person, you take care of yourself. By taking care of yourself, you take care of the other person. Happiness and safety are not individual matters. – Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Fight Read More Words […]

Words of Wisdom for July 21, 2025

If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere. – Zig Ziglar Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you […]

Words of Wisdom for July 20, 2025

Dear Friends: People who think there’s just one lifeAnd be quick or worry here as this flesh onlyLooking out for what’s desired according to thoughtAre narrower than this tree without branch or twigTheir dimension cramped in on itselfWithout fanning out or diving into time’s endless – Norman Fischer, Versions of Saigyo (1118-1190) Read More Words […]

Words of Wisdom for July 19, 2025

Dear Friends: Awareness is the greatest agent for change. – Eckhart Tolle Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy!

Words of Wisdom for July 18, 2025

Dear Friends: Tonglen is like a prayer that rides the breath, similar to how Tibetan prayer flags ride the wind. It enhances our trust in our ability to be kind and, at the same time, it enhances our understanding of the selfish and negative energies that are also a part of us. – Judy Lief, […]

Words of Wisdom for July 17, 2025

Dear Friends: Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an un-habitual way. – William James, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! <!

Words of Wisdom for July 16, 2025

Dear Friends: “Hindus will chant a specific mantra which becomes an invocation. It is not necessary that there should be a meaning to the mantra. Ordinarily there is none, because mantras with meaning become distorted with the passage of time. But meaningless mantras do not become distorted. With a meaningless mantra nothing extraneous can enter […]

Words of Wisdom for July 15, 2025

Dear Friends: To the ego who wants to rule the world Some monkey stole the mic,praising the doctrine of discoveryday and night.Perfuming the land with scents and aromasof Manifest Destiny,but now furious ego fires burnbecause this mind has discoveredit cannot become God.We know our hearts and mindsare larger than that.This mind cannot become Godbecause that […]

Words of Wisdom for July 14, 2025

Dear Friends: Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations. – Alan Watts, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to […]