Suffering as Teacher Pt 2- Life Never Smacks You When You’re Looking
In previous posts, I have written about difficult periods in my life. I write to explore my emotional roads less traveled in hopes of healing, finding understanding, and resolve. In one post I somewhat glossed over one experience in particular. A time when I was homeless. I probably did that because when I was writing [...]
Transforming Problems- Embracing Suffering as a Teacher
Last month we attended our local Kadampa Center’s month long Discovering Buddhism Class called “Transforming Problems.” The nun that led the class began by discussing ways to deal with the “disappointment” that is sometimes felt when someone that we admire seems to “fail” us. Ultimately being a fallible human being. She approached a white board [...]
Seek The Beginners Mind
There are no accidents as they say, so when my daughter asked me to watch a DVD of the Disney animated flick, “Meet the Robinsons,” I thought, “Okay.” I was pleasantly surprised to find an animated flick providing children and particularly adults with positive messages best not forgotten. Message 1: Don’t be bitter. Let it [...]
Connection is “The Secret” to Salvation
So many are so into the ideas behind “The Secret.” Fad or not… Oprah pushed idea that is moving on or not… Does this not speak to a larger issue? Are we not as a society struggling to connect with each other? Does the concept of changing our thoughts, which suggest prior thoughts of negativity [...]
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