Tag: samsara

Human compost

compost

Metaphorically speaking, I think that at our highest level, we each can only hope to become good human compost one day. How we live our lives, the words we speak and our actions, will all be gone once we die.…

In honor of my teacher

teacher

First and foremost I should make it clear that my teacher is the Buddha. And while the dhamma is a living and breathing guide for each of us, the Buddha himself is of course dead. But many years ago I…

Getting things under control

control

Does your life seem like it’s always under control? Are things always just working out the way you wanted or hoped for? Do people always respond to you in the manner you expect or deserve? Well I can tell you…

Shut up and get over it!

Shut Up

Who are you telling to shut up? More and more I am coming to see that so much of our conversing is beyond a waste of time. It is also a cultivation of less than mindful stories, drama, disturbance, opinions…

Escapism is not the solution

escapism

Escapism takes us from where to where exactly? Escapism: habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine. How very easily each of us can perceive mediation as our little escape…