Equanimity, is the Antidote to Jealousy, Envy and Thinking You Are Better or Worse Than Someone Else Equanimity is the wisdom to know the transient nature of everything. I will begin with the state of… Do You Think You are Better Than or Worse Than Someone Else?
The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There Then, Once and Now… EF Hulsizer, 2004 It is just a matter of hitting the bell, closing the door, lighting a candle. In the past IT abides, In… A Poem to Take to Heart
December 27, 2020, Falling Off the World A cold morning below a shimmering gray-cloud illusion above. To the East, the illusion splits apart letting the pink and blue colors shimmer and peek out. The earth… A Person of the Way Fundamentally Does Not Dwell Anywhere
We play at Paste – We play at Paste – Till qualified, for Pearl – Then, drop the Paste – And deem Ourself a fool – The Shapes, tho’, were similar, And our new Hands… We play with Paste by Emily Dickinson, 1862
…despite the impossibility of tracing back a single effect to a single cause, human nature allows for no other response to an event…. there is always a determined effort to isolate an effect’s cause… Dog on Ice
Heed the wisdom from above…don’t look back…keep going…to high ground…in the Mind. I have always been taken with the Jewish story of Lot’s wife. She is a woman to remember even though we don’t know… What do you do when you are suddenly the recipient of bad news?
Flee the chit chat with others, except as an act of charity. Love people very much. Talk with few. Talk with moderation. Put nothing or no one between you and the Source. Do not… Love in a Disciplined Way
On November 19, 2016 Ming Zhen Shakya died. This is in remembrance of her generous and fearless teachings. Thank you. Thank you, for everything you offered. OM NAMO GURU DEV NAMO Beyond the Mundane… In Remembrance of Ming Zhen Shakya