Tag: suffering

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…

The suffering of physical pain

Physical suffering does not have to be mental suffering Two days ago I began having severe pains in my right arm. The pain seemed to originate for my shoulder and shoot downward to my wrist and fingers. As the day…

We are what we think

And we become what we think Moment by moment thoughts arise and pass for each of us. Some we barely notice, while others catch our attention and draw us in. The ones that we barely notice are likely the most…

Managing your expectations

expectations

Expectations, are they ever a good thing? I have come to see that expectations are a dominant force in our daily lives, and something that can cause each of us a great deal of disappointment. Yet the idea of living…