Tag: wisdom

That was now, this is then

Does that sound backward to you? Well it shouldn’t, because it is in fact reality. Our minds are constantly grasping at the future and wrestling with the past. But in doing so, we completely miss what is happening. That future…

The Full Moon

Like a bright beacon of light to guide a tall ship through the darkness, the monastics of the Blue Lotus Temple usher me home time after time. Not only by their loving-kindness, compassion and goodwill, but by their very example…

Bowing to the robe

“Bower and what is bowed to are empty by nature. The bodies of one’s self and others are not two. I bow with all beings to attain liberation, to manifest the unsurpassed mind and return to boundless truth.” The robe…

My best friend

As I began my metta (loving-kindness/goodwill) meditation this morning, I decided to spend a little extra time on the self. This led me to some very powerful insights about this part of my practice. You see, in the past, I…

Deconstructing the self

The epiphany is to break down the self if we are to rebuild something with more wisdom, wholesomeness and acceptance. But does that mean any of us are lacking something right now? I think clearly the answer is no, we…