The times are hard and unexpected, they always are But the river of being that carries us is always lifegiving if we can reach it This requires as ever diving where we are, not running from what is We must be brave and beware mostly of ourselves For the mind is like a...
Introduction The revered Cambodian Buddhist monk Maha Ghosananda, during the Khmer rouge and post-communist transition, used to ask:” If we cannot be happy in spite of our difficulties, what good is our spiritual practice? “ His name means “great joyful proclaimer”....
Over the week-end, I came across an article about Zoom Apnea by the Dr. Susan Pollak, author of Self-Compassion for Parents and the co-founder of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School. She was describing how many of us are feeling...
