Dear Friends: Trusting with the Heart When we trust with our open heart, whatever occurs, at that very moment that it occurs, can be perceived as fresh and unstained by the clouds of hope and fear. – Dr. Jeremy Hayward, “First Thought” Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for […]

Dear Friends: Don’t wish me happinessI don’t expect to be happy all the time…It’s gotten beyond that somehow.Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor.I will need them all. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Daily Peace Quote Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! […]

Dear Friends: “Just as we are all meant to be contemplatives and to hear the voice of God in our lives, we are all meant to answer God’s call to be His partners in transfiguring the world. This calling, this encounter with God, is always to send us into the midst of human suffering.” – […]

Dear Friends: “Engaged Buddhism is defined and unified by the intention to apply the values and teachings of Buddhism to the problems of society in a nonviolent way, motivated by concern for the welfare of others, and as an expression of one’s own practice of the Buddhist Way.” – Sallie King, Upaya Read More Mini […]

Dear Friends: This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one . . . – George Bernard Shaw Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring <!

Dear Friends: A gift comes to you through no action of your own, free, having moved toward you without your beckoning. It is not a reward; you cannot earn it, or call it to you, or even deserve it. And yet it appears. Your only role is to be open-eyed and present. Gifts exist in […]

Dear Friends: It is the anonymous “˜they,’ the enigmatic “˜they’ who are in charge. Who is “˜they’? I don’t know. Nobody knows. Not even “˜they’ themselves. – Joseph Heller, Daily Peace Quote Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring <!

Dear Friends: Absolute Freedom? Traditional Buddhist texts focus on achieving perfect enlightenment and then living in an absolutely free, pure state after that. But there aren’t very many beings at this time that we can refer to in that fashion, even the great, respected, or beloved teachers like the Dalai Lama or Venerable Maha Ghosananda, […]

Dear Friends: Awareness Arises Naturally Practice consisting of nothing but fierce desire simply upsets the mind and keeps it from being still. But when one’s awareness of the mind is just right, an inner awareness will arise naturally of its own accord. – Upasika Kee Nanayon, “A Clear Awareness of Nature “ Read More Mini […]

Dear Friends: Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King, Jr., Daily Peace Quotes Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring <!