The past, now.
- Everything always is
“We were sitting after yoga and I was see-through. My skin was gone. I had my eyes closed and then I opened them and it was still the same. The room was dark and there were other people sitting and I was transparent.
The teacher said follow your breath but I couldn’t. I was barely breathing. [...]
- Pitfalls of happiness
I am on a week-long meditation retreat with Jaimal, and Mitsu, several more lovely people, and teacher Steven Tainer (of Berkeley Buddhist Monastery and other places) in Morro Bay, California.
One of the issues I’ve been looking into is related to my moods, or modes of being.
I am strongly affected by light levels and [...]
- Practice
I just got back from a week in a monastery.
Two things I noticed/re-noticed about practice:
1. Practice is not for making yourself better.
2. Practice is not for seeing visions. If things are seen, you are not the one seeing them.
- Pema Chodron
The Practice of Tonglen (from When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times)
Each of us has a “soft spot”: the place in our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender. This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love, and it is equally inherent in pain.
Often, when we feel that soft spot, it’s quickly [...]
