The Sudden Silence
I stood still for a moment or two, listening, barely breathing. Finally I went to my office and sat down, my mind peaceful. I ran an internal diagnostic. What just happened?
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Toward a Christo-Buddhist Priesthood: Journey to Being Ordained
As it turned out, I was ordained as a priest after all, and rather quickly—a Celtic Buddhist priest in fact.
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Milarepa and Buddhist Under-Achievers
I was on the point of abandoning Buddhism a few months ago. I’d hit a brick wall. Every time I sat down to meditate, I was flooded with anxiety. The mind seemed to take more pleasure in intrusive thoughts, fears I hadn’t felt for decades and an odd reluctance to even look at the cover of a book on Buddhism.
Read MoreWhen Meditation Retreats Go Wrong: Suicide, Meditation and What We Can Do (Jaqui’s Story)
Jaqui loved meditating and had been trying to get into a 10 day Goenka meditation retreat for awhile and when her name came up on the list to be able to go, she was very excited.
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A Spiritual Path Through the Cracks
We live in a world addicted to polish. A world that says healing should be fast, that growth should be linear and that wholeness is something you finally achieve, then post about. But the truth is far messier, and far more beautiful. Wholeness isn’t about becoming flawless. It’s about learning to live fully, honestly, and tenderly in the presence of our cracks.
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