Balance
One year ago, I was inspired to spend 2012 practicing love, meditating on the four brahma-viharas (translated as “divine abodes” or “best homes”). I was to spend three months on each: lovingkindness — goodwill and friendliness toward others and oneself compassion — often felt as a quivering of the heart, a sense of caring for [...]
Fluidity
I’m running down the two-lane island road… there are few cars, fewer people, and a horse. I notice the cadence of my feet, how they meet the pavement, how they flex and lift, and how my forward motion is smooth and assured. I notice times, too, when my foot crashes a bit (especially the left [...]
Inside My Heart
“Compassion lives in a wise resonance with the tender and painful aspects of life.” — DaeJa Napier Yearning I want to let go of criticism. Criticism of others, of myself. I could put myself first, since I’ve found that I criticize others pretty much to the same degree as I criticize myself. And I am [...]
All these arise
Just these words… May I be safe. May I be happy. May I be healthy. May I live with ease. Over and over again, for myself, and then for a benefactor, for a loved one, for someone I feel neutrally about, for someone with whom I am having difficulty. And then for all beings everywhere, [...]
Nest
A tree fell across the path — a pine with a broad, low canopy, where the kids had loved to play. It seemed to have fallen slowly, and was resting there, leaning over, with most of its roots still in the ground. It had become too heavy with snow and ice. Orlando was showing me [...]
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