It’s easy to identify with all the places we’ve been hurt and abandoned, but can we identify with the timeless wholeness that weathers every abuse, every condition?
– Bonnie Myotai Treace, “The Sword Disappears in the Water”
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I haven’t written much about the long weekend, because not much is happening. I spent most of the fourth just hanging out. On the fifth, we took my daughter to visit a friend in Alameda and then visited my cousins in Berkeley. By three o’clock, I was exhausted and we came home. T …
Handling our suffering is an art. If we know how to suffer, we suffer much less, and we’re no longer afraid of being overwhelmed by the suffering inside.
– Thich Nhat Hanh, “Why We Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Suffering “
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The subject of happy was the theme of the Mindfulness In Healing Sangha on June 22, 2022. It was inspired by this quote: I am happy even before I have a reason. – Hafiz Thich Nhat Hanh says, “We have everything we need to be happy right now!” What do you need to be happy right no …
The subject of happy was the theme of the Mindfulness In Healing Sangha on June 22, 2022. It was inspired by this quote: I am happy even before I have a reason. – Hafiz Thich Nhat Hanh says, “We have everything we need to be happy right now!” What do you need to be happy right no …
Simple recipe for happiness; Never do more than you can do in peace.
– Martha Beck
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After spending many hours on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on fixing the bug I’m working on, I felt a need for some time away from the computer. My sister in Redwood City agreed to take the kids today, so my wife and I spent time in Los Gatos, Saratoga, and especially Hakone Gard …
“In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.”
– Wangari Maathai
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Even though I felt better after the group last night, I woke up feeling terrible again. The feelings were mostly about diet and that I still had a long way to got with my illness. I was turned into myself when I showed up for a massage with Gail Teehan. For me, this woman is the …
The natural impulse of our hearts and souls when they’re locked in by rigid beliefs is a kind of claustrophobia. We fight back inwardly because nothing in nature likes to follow dogmatic rules. The peace we need in our lives is not a rock, it’s a river. It isn’t rigid, it flows. The “right thing to do” may look different in different situations.
– Martha Beck
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I phoned the radiation oncology department to find out the results of my X-Ray from last Thursday. The person who answered the phone said that the results were wonderful! I had her repeat the statement three times just to be sure I got it! I went to Gail Teehan’s Feldenkrais cla …
What good am I then to others and me If I had every chance and yet still fail to see If my hands are tied must I not wonder within Who tied them and why and where must I have been.
– Bob Dylan
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I played one set of doubles the morning, and it felt like I had played for three hours after the first time I served. I’m definitely not back to normal, but can you imagine the joy I felt, just hitting the ball after such a long time? Someone gave Marty Rossman tickets to the A’ …
People who are attached to sutras and a scriptural teaching of words can lack faith in the living, mysterious experience of meditation that leads to a sudden insight.
– So Sahn, “The Zen of Confidence”
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This morning, I had my eyes examined because I broke my frames. I found out that the insurance plan only pays for frames every other year, so I would only be covered for the exam and lenses. I opted to take the frames to the place I bought them, since my prescription hardly chang …
When we turn to spirituality, we may think that we’re leaving the corruption of the world behind. But our old ways of thinking do not disappear; they follow us, coloring the way we approach spiritual practice. Since we have all been raised to be good consumers–getting the most while paying the least–as dharma students and teachers we carry our consumer mentality right into our spiritual practice.
– Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, “Shopping the Dharma “
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This morning I went for a chest X-Ray, but I won’t know the results until tomorrow. I’m a little concerned, but not nearly as much as I am about my emotional state. It keeps rising and falling, just like my breath in the belly! Cancerport was a bit disappointing this morning. I …
The effort we make in meditation is a willingness to be open, to come close to what we have avoided, to be patient with ourselves and others, and to let go of our preconceptions, our projections, and our tendency not to live fully.
Today I went to work in Menlo Park. Many people expressed how glad they were to see me, and I felt very supported. Now I am going to start work on the next generation project and try to contribute as much as I can. When I got home, I tried out the moxibustion on myself. It seeme …
