genkaku, one of my favourite bloggers, wrote this today on speaking one’s truth: The movie “National Treasure” is an adventure about stealing the Declaration of Independence. On the back of this document, in invisible ink, is a clue to finding a vast treasure, which, by movie’s end, is found. In the midst of the movie… Continue reading speaking in my true voice
Category: spirituality
the wounded healer
my approach to therapy is influenced by traditions that place some weight on judicial self disclosure, on the idea of the wounded healer, on the notion that there is very little we can know for certain, and on paying attention to the here and now: the here and now of the client’s life, of the… Continue reading the wounded healer
the negative voice vs. the encouraging voice
“The story of your life is the story of a journey of your heart through a dangerous and beautiful world. It is the story of the long and sustained assault on your heart by the Enemy who knows what you could be and fears you. But it is also the story of the long and… Continue reading the negative voice vs. the encouraging voice
stress and the buddha
stress … it’s 9:15 pm and i’ve been at it since 7 am. i’ve had a 10-minute break. somewhere around 4 pm. look at me! i’m such a hard worker! what a bunch of baloney! driving my body, mind and soul like this is nothing to be proud of. and i’m very grateful that i… Continue reading stress and the buddha
gratitude – even when i’m tired
after an 18-hour day, i am incredibly tired. but i can still find a few minutes to express gratitude for the good things in my life. the great weather we’ve been having lately. our lovely gray cat, rum, who has such an easy-going personality. that my blisters never popped! the willingness to exercise most days.… Continue reading gratitude – even when i’m tired
overcoming alcoholism
stanton peele, north-america’s grand-daddy of progressive (and controversial) views on addiction, has this to say about success with overcoming alcoholism. The most important single prognostic variable associated with remission among alcoholics who attend alcohol clinics is having something to lose if they continue to abuse alcohol…. Patients cited changed life circumstances rather than clinic intervention… Continue reading overcoming alcoholism
the myth of keeping up
in a blog entry, the creating passionate users guys (three software/game developer geeks “passionate about how the brain works and how to exploit it for better learning and memory”) make a good point about the myth of keeping up. it’s really comforting to hear this from leading-edge people in information technology – if they can’t… Continue reading the myth of keeping up
enchantment
To become enchanted is a valuable skill, more essential than it has ever been before. To understand the inner truth of a person who is radically different from you, to penetrate a belief that seems preposterous, to grasp a faith that violates
gratitude
i just stumbled across a sober thought, a blog by dayvud, a recovering alcoholic. it looks like we have a number of interests in common, including buddhist nun and writer pema chodron and the book the spirituality of imperfection (the one by kurtz and ketcham, not the one by richard rohr, another
a few buddhist sayings
i realize that i haven’t said anything about buddhism in the last little while. so, to remedy that, here are a few sayings that i really like: As a bee–without harming the blossom, its color its fragrance– takes its nectar & flies away: so should the sage go through a village. –Dhammapada, 4, translated by… Continue reading a few buddhist sayings