When I was writing our last post, I came across this audio-video montage of Ram Dass talking about Attachment and Addiction. Charles’ approach to recovery is so similar and aligned with Ram Dass’ comments on this subject – and Ram Dass is such an elegant speaker – that I thought you’d enjoy watching it. There’s […]
“The panic mounted, adrenalin shot through my system – my mouth became dry, but along with this, a voice sounded inside – inside what, I don’t know – an intimate voice asked very quietly, and rather jocularly, it seemed to me, considering how distraught I was, …”but whose minding the store?” When I could finally […]
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness”. —– Dalai Lama We have a dear friend whose wife is concerned that Kai Chi Do is an Eastern practice that takes him away from Christianity. And just the other day I read a newspaper article about a Karate school that took “all the Buddhism and […]
“Reward what you like and pursue what you want. For now, forget about what you don’t like and don’t want”. – Rob Brezsny 10/7/2010 We have little routines each day, including our “family traditions”. In the mornings I make breakfast and pack lunches. When Shanti comes home from school, we talk about her day. We […]
The energy of the universe comes at us, comes at us and we filter it. We create a meaning process around it. There’s a lot of blocked energy, collectively. It must be transformed if we are to evolve. We could say that when the primary energy of the universe meets consciousness, and when consciousness transmutes […]