Tag: equanimity

The purpose of meditation

meditation

What are your goals in meditation? In our society, it would seem that there a literally hundreds of ways to mediate. Different schools, teachers, traditions, and belief systems. Most of which seem to have a varied degree of intentions and…

The truth about Muslims

muslim

The United States of America is the only country in history to have defined itself as Judeo-Christian. This of course excludes a myriad of other religions, agnostics, atheists, and various other spiritual paths. But for now, I would like to…

Election Day

election day

Yes, after almost two years of campaigning, speeches, commercials, and social media frenzy, election day has finally arrived. And no, I am not going to insinuate or infer who you should vote for. But I am thinking about all of…

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…