The Finger on the Glass
When I look back at my younger self, convinced that the right words could change the world, I can see how much of my own language was a performance. Articulate, passionate, and filtered.
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Category: Empower Me
Are You Enlightened?
Some Buddhist traditions are not helpful in regards to being comfortable with our meditation experiences. Especially those that insist that they belong to an unbroken chain of highly enlightened individuals whose experience has to be matched if you want to belong.
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It’s Been One Helluva Week, but What Does that Have to do with Buddhist Practice?
I am a professional beginner in Buddhist practice when it comes to this stuff. I practice Metta a lot. I found myself repeating the mantras and deepening into the practice as my system spun out in an attempt to ground myself. Saturday felt a lot like grounding practice.
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Fishes’ Eyes Swim with Tears
But even though I have found peace and stillness through my meditation practice and Buddhist teachings, I still grieve.
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Sticking it to the Man, or Right Livelihood in the Modern Age
As it was first told, Right Livelihood is the belief of finding a way to live which sits in alignment with our Buddha nature, ensuring that we can live without bringing suffering onto others.
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