Similar to Buddhist thought, I’ve tried to practice in my life (more successful at times than others) the thought that life is a series of moments. Actually, I like to think of them as perfect moments. They’re not necessarily happy all the time–sometimes they are painful–but they are still perfect. It is paying attention to the present. To focus on Read more…
May you feel safe. May you feel content. May you feel strong. May you feel at ease. -Sylvia Boorstein “Lovingkindness” is one of the four minds of love. It refers to an attitude of friendship for everything and everybody. In the Spiral Staircase, Armstrong says “…if we deny our own pain, it is all too easy to dismiss the suffering Read more…
Last month, my book club read a fantastic book by Jennifer Egan, titled The Keep. In the book, one of the characters describes “the worm” – this all-encompassing paranoia that distorts your perceptions and feelings. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how I experience this worm. While on a long drive home yesterday, I began reflecting on my past week. For the Read more…
I recently found myself in a state of numbness. For months, I had known that I was unhappy but I wasn’t wanting to do the work to find out why. Tired of feeling the uncomfortable feelings, I had also numbed myself to the really enjoyable ones: joy, elation, happiness, contentment. I realized the price of avoidance was that I now felt Read more…
