Tag: Kalyana Mitta

Incarceration meditation

incarceration

I have come to see that most of my life I have been a “fixer”. No, correct that, I have thought that I was a “fixer”. That somehow it was my duty to fix problems for those in trouble, especially…

Glinda, the good witch

Really, a good witch? A witch is a believed to posses supernatural powers and practice sorcery. So I don’t see there being an option of good or bad. If you subscribe to witchcraft, then this post may not be for…

Taking out the trash

I think it’s time to get rid of the garbage in my life. Remnants of the past, concerns about the future, unwholesome behaviors, and less than Noble friends. It’s time to walk in good company, and follow a wholesome path…

Thank you

Today is so very precious. This moment so precious. Never are we guaranteed of having another. So today I am grateful. Thank you for reading my Blog, for being my friend, my fellow traveler, my kalyana mitta. Thank you for…

The understanding of no self

Thanks in no small part to a wonderful dhamma talk recently given by Bhante Sankichcha of the Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, I finally feel as though I have an understanding of anatta (no self). Strangely, as much as I’ve studied…