Mary Oliver wrote this poem about when life is over. This poem arrived yesterday from Zen Master Cheri Huber in her daily Peace Quote email. When it’s over, I want to say: All my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms – Mary Oliver […]
How Do We Make the New Future
February 26, 2015 by
Stephen Batchelor is one of my favorite Buddhist teachers. I like the way he presents “Buddhism without Beliefs.” I think he is now teaching at the Upaya Zen Center near Santa Fe, New Mexico. This quote is definitely in line with his stand on being a Buddhist atheist! He answers the question, how do we […]
If You Want to be Happy Be Grateful
February 25, 2015 by
The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. If you want to be happy be grateful. The Dalai Lama puts it this way: I believe that the purpose […]
Reaching the Ultimate Dimension
February 22, 2015 by
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us about reaching the ultimate dimension. The ultimate dimension distinguished from the historical dimension of ordinary life. In ordinary life, we have pain. We have suffering. We have conflict. We have war. We have arguments. We strive for wealth, technology, sex, and power. We lose site of what we […]
Alicia Keys Spoke on Finding Herself with Oprah
February 21, 2015 by
Alicia Keys spoke on finding herself with Oprah during this portion of a Master Class on OWN TV. She talks about how frenetic her life was as a musician and honored celebrity. She decided to take a three week break from it all and went to Egypt. She says, I was just so reinvigorated. It […]
Make Conscious Decisions about Extinction
February 20, 2015 by
Elizabeth Kolbert makes a good point here when she encourages us to make conscious decisions about extinction. Every day in every way, species are dieing out and the whole of humanity is unconscious about them. Many are dieing because we are cutting down the rainforests to make land available to raise cattle. The funny thing […]
A Precious Human Life
February 19, 2015 by
Here are two nice verses on a precious human life. The first one is from the Dalai Lama. A Precious Human Life Every day, think as you wake up: “Today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive, I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. I am […]
Laughter Brings Us Back to Life
February 18, 2015 by
I first learned of the great intuition master, Sonia Choquette through the Hay House World Summit in 2013. Then, I learned that she was doing a masterclass for Mindvalley and I signed up for it. A couple of days ago, I received these words of wisdom in an email. She teaches us that laughter brings […]
The Four Metaphors of the Buddha
February 16, 2015 by
The Four Metaphors of the Buddha teach us something about the nature of life as human beings. We all know that we will eventually become sick, grow old and die. These conditions of life cannot be avoided. In our culture, when we become sick, we call our doctor and ask for a pill that will […]
Gratitude is Passive Energy
February 10, 2015 by
These words of wisdom from Masaru Emoto teach us that gratitude is passive energy, while love tends to be more active energy. While gratitude is one of the cornerstones of our practice, love is the foundation. We experience love for the Buddha – the one who shows us the way in this life. We experience […]
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