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 […]
When Life is Over
February 28, 2015 by Jerome Freedman
Filed Under: Mindfulness, Poetry, Quotes, Teachers Tagged With: Buddhist, Cheri Huber, compassion, Doctors Without Borders, Jack Kornfield, Kayla Mueller, loving kindness, Mary Oliver, Peace Quote, Plum Village, Ruth Denison, Thich Nhat Hanh, vipassana, When Life is Over
Forest Bathing
November 9, 2014 by Jerome Freedman
Today is November 7, 2014. I arrive at the Ben Lomond Quaker Center snuggled in the redwood forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains. I walk in the woods a bit and realize I am forest bathing. The joy I feel being there is enhanced by the early morning sunlight streaming through the trees. The canopy […]
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Filed Under: Contemplations, Insights, Mindfulness, Photos Tagged With: 7 Principles of Mindfulness in Healing, Dogen, Earll Kingston, Everything, Forest Bathing, impermanence, labyrinth, Mary Oliver, Maxine Hong-Kingston, sangha, Wendy Johnson