These words of wisdom on how to navigate this crazy world came to me today from Dr. Lissa Rankin from her The Daily Flame email. I think that this is an important one to share, especially because we have been discussing deep listening and loving speech in our Mindfulness in Healing sangha for the past couple of […]
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More on Self-compassion
A few days ago, I received an email from Lissa Rankin‘s “The Daily Flame” which teaches more on self-compassion. I’m hoping that you like this email addressed to your Inner Pilot Light as I did. If you do, you can sign up for it on Lissa’s website. My Darling Jerome, It starts with one small […]
Unabashed Love Letter
Just got this unabashed love letter from Lissa Rankin’s Daily Flame. The theme goes along with what we have been discussing in the Mindfulness in Healing sangha: self-compassion. Dear Jerome, It’s time for an unabashed love letter. I adore you so much I want to pinch your cheeks and kiss them while wearing bright red […]
Teaching of Impermanence
This teaching of impermanence comes from the Daily Flame of Dr. Lissa Rankin, author of The Anatomy of a Calling: A Doctor’s Journey from the Head to the Heart and a Prescription for Finding Your Life’s Purpose. She doesn’t call it that, but the teaching of impermanence is just as effective. I remember that Reb […]
Change what We Can
Both Marty Rossman in his book, The Worry Solution and Lissa Rankin in her Daily Flame for your inner pilot light teach us to change what we can and not worry about things we cannot change. Lissa writes, Dear Jerome, The world is full of people trying to change the things they can’t, and not […]
Meditating with Emotions
These words of wisdom from Pema Chodron teach us about meditating with emotions from her book, How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind. Read this quote and then see what Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (known as Thay by his followers) has to say about meditating with emotions. Get Dirty […]
How to Calm Our Ambitious Mind
These words of wisdom from Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche teach us how to calm our ambitious mind with shamatha meditation, simply concentrating on our breathing. Spend a moment contemplating this quote and then read my story below. Less Ambition, Less Disturbance The beautiful thing about having less obsessions and ambitions—and just sitting straight and watching […]
Can We Avoid Becoming Complete Robots
D. T. Suzuki was one of the seminal figures in bringing Zen to the West. He noted that our modern civilization is dehumanizing us at a rapid rate, even back then when he wrote in the ’50s and ’60s, he could see this was already becoming true. Now it is worse than ever. Can we […]
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