yada Buddhism’s Radical Contribution The central philosophy [of Buddhism] is compassion rather than the Darwinian notion of survival of the fittest. The central notion is giving your space rather than clinging to your space and making it secure. It seems to me Buddhism has a tremendous amount of wisdom to contribute right now to the […]
Take Complete Control of Your Thoughts
June 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Here are three wonderful quotes that advise you to take complete control of your thoughts. Of course, daily meditation practice is good medicine for negative emotions. But sometimes we have to do things on the spot to get out of a grand funk. These words of wisdom can surly help us. “The only real antidote […]
Taking Action on Global Warming
June 3, 2015 by
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay by his followers, has been an activist more than sixty years and he has been talking about taking action on global warming and climate change for as long as I can remember. As early as 1985, I heard him say, “If the West stops drinking alcohol by […]
Addicted to Ease and Comfort
June 2, 2015 by
On Sunday night, I attended Marin Sangha. The teacher was Lisa Dale Miller and her topic was addiction. She said that we live in a society addicted to ease and comfort. I couldn’t agree more. She also explained that what we commonly thing of addictions are usually the result of some childhood trauma. This also […]
6 Ways to Decide if Your Friend is a True Friend – Purpose Fairy
June 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
6 Ways to Decide if Your Friend is a True Friend. “True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.” Source: […]
Maintaining the Silence
June 1, 2015 by
In yesterday’s article, we learned about Entering the Silence from Matthew Kelly. Today, we are going to learn about maintaining the silence from Joseph Campbell. In The Power of Myth, he writes about entering the silence: “This is an absolute necessity for anybody today. You must have a room, or a certain hour or so […]
Entering the Silence with Purpose
May 31, 2015 by
Entering the silence with purpose is just what we do when we have a daily meditation practice. The silence comes between our thoughts, feelings, and sensations. Matthew Kelly, in his book, The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose, has this to say about entering the silence with purpose: “Everything great in […]
Cut the Cords of Past and Present Pain: Guided Meditation – Purpose Fairy
May 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Cut the Cords of Past and Present Pain: Guided Meditation. Take a trip to a magical place where your loving angels will cut the cords of past and present pain by melting away all tension, worry and anxiety from your body, helping you let go of the pain, the addictions and all behaviors that no […]
Let the Thought or Feeling Go
May 30, 2015 by
These words of wisdom from Lama Surya Das teach us how to let the thought or feeling go. This works especially well when we allow ourselves to breathe in and breathe out and remove the object from our mind. This is reminiscent of Linji‘s directive to remove the object. The object, of course, is the […]
Why You Should Expect More from Yourself and Less from Others – Purpose Fairy
May 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Why You Should Expect More from Yourself and Less from Others. What makes us think that we have the right to make others feel responsible for how we feel or don’t feel? Why is it that we expect so much from others and so little from ourselves? We want our family to love and cherish […]
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