Category: Religion

Purple patch

In the purple patch; loitering with a purpose – waiting for nothing. Beautiful words once again from Stephanie. I share these words with you as I leave for an overnight trip with no loitering for me.

Why Kindness Heals – By James R. Doty, M.D.

Originally posted on Kindness Blog:
As a physician specializing in neurosurgery at an academic medical center, I appreciate the unhappiness many patients have with the present healthcare delivery system that is rushed, bureaucratic, non-caring and technology-focused. In the U.S. we spend more per capita than any other industrialized country, yet the outcomes are some of…

Remembrance Day

I mourn their violent deaths, but I attempt to honor their memory by living with love and compassion and never considering anyone inferior to me.

What’s UUp?

Unitarian Universalism is stagnating while Buddhism is growing rapidly in the West.

Dead. I Dare You to Say It.

Maybe, as the world has become more technologically advanced and dying has become more sterile, we fear it more.

A Musical Bonus from the Heart

I decided to post a short musical bonus for the followers of my blog, and I chose this, a version of the famous mantra that ends the Heart Sutra

Insufferable Suffering

With the word “suffering” at their heart, the Four Noble Truths sound to many of us like nonsense.

Please Call Me by My True Names

…even in his despair, he recognized that being one with everything means indeed being one with everything, even the sea pirate whose heart was “not yet capable of seeing and loving.”

Gratitude and Happiness

Originally posted on Peace Paul's Blog:
The first noble truth of Buddhism, which is often translated simply as suffering, actually has a richer meaning. It conveys a sense of bitterness, of unsatisfactoriness, of incompleteness. The Buddha was realistic. He did not deny the existence of happiness in our daily lives. Life is filled with…