Category: spirituality

guided visualizations

here are some working, good quality links to online audio guided meditations http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_207.html http://csd.mcmaster.ca/natural_high/cd.htm http://www.soundstrue.com (the full versions are for sale but the samples are already quite nice) http://www.learningmeditation.com

pema chodron on laziness

a few words about laziness by canadian buddhist monk pema chodron: Looking into Laziness Rather than feeling discouraged by laziness, we could get to know laziness profoundly. This very moment of laziness becomes our personal teacher. Traditionally, laziness is taught as one of the obstacles to awakening. There are different kinds of laziness. First, there’s… Continue reading pema chodron on laziness

focusing

through the practice of focusing, we get in touch directly with our “felt sense” – the body’s awareness of all the situations and processes that go on in our lives. it is about notcing inwardly, in the body, all of how it feels. for instance, i’m thinking of the tingling in the soles of the… Continue reading focusing

time & tantra

my friend danielle has recently become quite fascinated by the year 2012, the time at which the mayan calendar ends – and some claim it’s the end of time. i tend to be skeptical of such claims but on the other hand want to remain open-minded. so as usual, i looked around on the internet… Continue reading time & tantra

tom fox: peace, love and respect vs. dehumanization

here is what tom fox, the slain christian peacemaker, said just before he was abducted: I have read that the word in the Greek Bible that is translated as “love” is the word “agape.” Again, I have read that this word is best expressed as a profound respect for all human beings simply for the… Continue reading tom fox: peace, love and respect vs. dehumanization

claiming what’s ours

the other day i was wondering whether some of the difficulties we experience stem from the fact that we don’t understand what our share of the world is. our share of love, food, comfort, adventure, security, knowledge – all these things we all want (hunger / lust for?) this came from observing emily, a delightful… Continue reading claiming what’s ours

manjushri – fierce buddhism

often, we associate buddhism with kindness, gentleness, compassion. but buddhism is about the whole human experience. manjushri is the bodhisattva who engenders the human experience of fierceness and determination. here is an excerpt about him from a blog on e-sangha. (a bodhisattva is an enlightened being who has vowed not to enter nirvana until all… Continue reading manjushri – fierce buddhism