remembrance day has always been an ambiguous day for me. good memories : an hour in the rain under a gazillion umbrellas, proudly listening to my daughter singing a song with the girl guides at a remembrance day celebration; or a lovely morning 17 years ago when my then-boyfriend, now-husband were walking up and down… Continue reading remembrance day: musing on war and sacrifice
Category: interesting books
finding your way through grief
grief is not something that i have a lot experience with as a counsellor, so it was interesting to read through psychologist roberta temes’ solace – finding your way through grief and learning to live again. the book’s no-nonsense, empowering tone is set right in the first paragraph of the introduction: you are experiencing this… Continue reading finding your way through grief
blog action day: buddhists and climate change
once again, blog action day and the october buddhist carnival fall on the same date. let me present to you, then, a few colourful strands from that corner of the blogosphere where buddhism and climate change intersect. icebergs are buddhist monks we always start that buddhist carnival with a poem. here is an excerpt from… Continue reading blog action day: buddhists and climate change
acceptance
a topic i think about a lot these days is acceptance. here are some words about acceptance, adapted from “for today”, a little book of daily meditations by OA. pain often comes from non-acceptance. if i find that i can neither change nor accept a certain reality, i let it go for now, knowing that… Continue reading acceptance
emotional!
does this happen to you, too? once in a while you look at an obvious fact for the 1,285th time and all of a sudden, its profound truth hits you like a ton of bricks. for the last few days, this profound truth was – well, let me say it this way: humans are 60-70%… Continue reading emotional!
august 2009 buddhist carnival
here’s the buddhist carnival again! last month my blog was still sick and the carnival didn’t happen. glad to be back for august. the buddhist carnival is a romp / surf / drive / ride through the buddhist blogosphere (blugghasphere?) and today’s menu brings you posts on music, fashion, family, war, wishy-washy buddhism, persisting through the agony… Continue reading august 2009 buddhist carnival
now what – who are you really?
once in a while, the good people from FSB associates send me a book for review. usually, i read the book from front to cover and then write about it. this time, i’ve decided to do it differently and put the book to a test. the chapters test. you know when you go to chapters… Continue reading now what – who are you really?
reaching out with a poem
a while ago, my lovely online friend and fellow therapist sarah luczaj sent me a copy of her little book of poetry, an urgent request. such a small and unassuming book. so much yummy poetry in there. thaw if your silence should fall from balance, from form, from branches to water with a sliding sound… Continue reading reaching out with a poem
june 2009 buddhist carnival
for those of you who are not familiar with this blog, every 15th of the month i post a collection of posts about buddhist topics. it all started as a contribution to blog carnival in november 2007. over time, i emancipated myself from blog carnival but the name remains. blog carnivals are themed “readers digests”… Continue reading june 2009 buddhist carnival
buddhist carnival, may 2009 – the mixed-bag-it’s-all-connected edition
may 15 – time for another buddhist carnival. if you want to see previous buddhist carnivals, go here. today there is no topic, really, just a criss-cross romp through the buddhasphere. another enlightenment machine … like the one you see depicted to the right. here are some explanations i have made an exciting new “thought… Continue reading buddhist carnival, may 2009 – the mixed-bag-it’s-all-connected edition