The purpose of all meditation practices is being aware of just what is going on in the present moment and paying attention in a particular way. Many practices have been developed that aid us in being aware of our body, our breath, our physical sensations, our emotions, the space that we occupy, the time of […]
Unconditional Love
January 26, 2016 by
One of the members of the Mindfulness in Healing sangha has spoken a lot about unconditional love, often in connection with Theta Healing. In the context of Theta Healing, it refers to the unconditional love of the Creator of All That Is, call it God, Buddha, Christ, the whole universe, the present moment, the wonders […]
How to Feed Cancer
January 19, 2016 by
I’m sure you don’t want to know how to feed cancer, but you are probably already doing so, without knowing it. Why do I say this? Because most people eat about 150 pounds of sugar every year without paying any heed to the well-known fact that cancer feeds on sugar! So many food substances have […]
How to Tap into Your Inner Pilot Light
January 13, 2016 by
If you have been following Lissa Rankin, MD and know how to tap into your inner pilot light, you can skip this article. It is based on an email I received from her last Thursday which contained 30 suggestions on how to tap into your inner pilot light. I’m just going to list them here […]
Freedom from Separateness
January 5, 2016 by
The lojong teachings of Tibetan Buddhism are slogans to guide us on our path to freedom from separateness. Pema Chodron is quite well known for her exposition of the lojong teachings. This particular one states, “All dharmas agree at one point.” Dharmas here refer to the happenings in everyday life and living. By practicing this slogan, […]
What Happens with You Meditate?
January 4, 2016 by
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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