Category: Personal Life

Don’t Know, Don’t Mind

…at least I am certain about my ignorance, and maybe that’s a good thing. After all, great Buddhist teachers tell us to approach everything with a don’t-know mind.

Gods?

…the devas and devis in the Buddha’s culture were beings invisible to humans with finite lifespans, limited powers, and subject to successes and failures. Sometimes I think a better translation would be “superheroes.”

Enlightening Up

…while I’m in that state, I’m enlightened, and the more I’m there, the more enlightened I become.

Metta for First-World Problems

Wisely, Buddhism teaches that in order to live with metta for others, we start with ourselves. How can we accept and love others if we don’t accept and love ourselves?

Blogometers

…stay tuned for more on Dzogchen and Lama Surya as well as other Buddhist disciplines and progressive approaches to Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and spirituality in general.

Gratitude for My Teachers

…the teachers contributing the most to my spiritual growth were not people…. They were my personal tragedies, the mud from which my lotus has bloomed.

Sacred Spaces

“The moment I entered this sanctuary, I felt welcome.”

Jazz, Snow and Mindfulness

Driving in icy falling snow is a beautiful example of, and metaphor for, life and the importance of mindfulness.

Do a Good Thing That Matters

The costs of Sarah’s Alzheimer’s made homeowner’s insurance impossible for Asbury, so the Lincoln community is doing the modern equivalent of a barn raising for the couple.

The News Media’s Biggest Bias

…every presidential debate needs to have a winner, a loser and momentous import. Every state’s primary process is definitive. Every noticeable dip or rise in the stock market indicates a possibly historic trend.

What Took Me So Long?

Finding your teacher is like finding a spouse…. [I]f this ornery old man could at last find a teacher, so can you.