What happens when you meditate? Do you loose track of time only to hear the sound of the ending bell? Or does your mind wander and you wonder how it is possible to bring it back to the object of your meditation? Or do you sometimes begin to doze off or even fall asleep? Here […]
33 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Bruce Lee – Purpose Fairy
January 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
33 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee was also a brilliant philosopher that left behind a great deal of teachings, teachings and insp Source: 33 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Bruce Lee – Purpose Fairy
The Bodhisattva Vows
January 1, 2016 by
When I first was introduced to Zen Meditation at the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) in Green Gulch Farm in Sausalito, I learned the four Bodhisattva vows. One day last week, I woke up thinking about these vows and what they meant to me and then the following came in an email: THE BODHISATTVA PATH […]
Gratitude
January 1, 2016 by
Gratitude We have plenty to be grateful for every day! All day, every day. Moment-by-moment we are given gifts beyond measure. Some of the biggest—those that allow us to appreciate so many others—are the awareness to see what’s going on, the willingness to choose thisherenow, and, biggest of all I suppose, getting our Life force […]
Father Time
December 31, 2015 by
These words of wisdom about father time (the Time-God) were hand written in a letter from Swami Veda Bharati in December 2008. We are at the end of 2015 and it is a good time to think about this time in our lives, reviewing our past year and setting intentions for the new year. In […]
Mindfulness Trainings
December 30, 2015 by
The Five Mindfulness Trainings of the Plum Village Tradition and the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Interbeing are guiding wisdom for how we can be mindful in our daily lives. They were written by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) and modified over the years by Thay and the monks and nuns in […]
The Secret of Practice
December 29, 2015 by
These words of wisdom for Shunyru Suzuki Roshi tell us the secret of practice. He teaches that if something is wrong with our practice, it should be a signal to us that we may have a wrong idea about practice. However, we are encouraged not to give up but to continue our practice as best […]
When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned – Purpose Fairy
December 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned. “Life doesn’t always go according to plan. Sometimes heading in a new direction can be scary until you realize you’re head Source: When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned – Purpose Fairy
The Psychology of Climate Change
December 28, 2015 by
Yesterday, I watched this video on the psychology of climate change from Canada’s tar sands to Chinese advertising billboards. It was done by Al Jazeera’s presenter, Gelareh Darabi, a native of Vancouver, British Columbia of Iranian descent. click here if the video doesn’t load Climate change is no mystery. We know what we have […]
The Birth of Yehoshua
December 25, 2015 by
Today, we celebrate the birth of Yehoshua, also know as baby Jesus. Yehoshua is the Hebrew rendering of his name and it is rendered in Hebrew as יחשוה as explained in the video, below (which is wrong, of course). The Hebrew letter shin (ש) is the symbol for fire (from the same video – I […]
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