11 Ways to Be a Light in the Darkness
At the end of his life, Buddha encouraged his followers to be lights unto themselves because his light was about to go out and there was still plenty of path they needed to walk.
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Category: Interfaith
The One Track Mind
I think of it as the one track mind because I find that every thing is resolved easily when I don’t stray far from it. In the spaciousness of this mind events unfold and go on their way. I laugh when I have to and cry when we have to. Everything is experienced completely without rejecting anything or running towards anything. Thoughts are a natural consequence, to be seen and let go.
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Doing God’s Work
When I began attending Kindergarten, I had to leave my dog at home. I wasn’t crazy about this idea and I wailed about it loudly to my mother, who assured me that one day I’d have a job and I wouldn’t be able to take her there either. Immediately I crossed “get a job” off my to-do list.
Read MoreEscaping from Jehovah’s Witnesses through a Buddhist Path
We discuss the trauma as a result, the aspects of shunning as control and being disfellowshipped, the use of fear to control, and how Buddhism and mindfulness became a path toward healing.
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This Does not Equal That: There is No Quick Fix
Expecting someone or something to fix us is a powerful illusion. A cheap drug that promises to make everything all better but almost inevitably leads to deeper pain and suffering—not because the thing or person is bad but because it’s our views and expectations that really need the work, and we just don’t see it.
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