On this Mother’s Day, the woman who is sort of officially/unofficially my stepmother is standing guard over my father, making sure that he does not kill himself. In the past few weeks, my father has been in the hospital three times, the latest...
I noticed a manifestation of my meditation practice crawling across my leg in plain view as my practice was ending this morning. It was black—pitch-black. It was small—smaller than a
Hi. I'm skeptical. Of a lot of things. I am highly skeptical of people who do yoga. Dreadfully skeptical of anyone who calls her/himself a Buddhist. Rabidly skeptical of anyone who does anything I do. Probably...
In about an hour and forty minutes, New York is supposed to experience a catastrophe, according to some people (yep, the rapture). Other locations in the world already hit the 6pm mark that was supposed to signal the beginning of the end of...
Photo of me and my mother in 1997.
My mother died in 2002, at the beginning of summer after my first year of graduate school. One of the most formative experiences of my life occurred at the Catholic church where part of the funeral...
A doubtful statement: death is a part of life. A second doubtful statement: old age is the opposite of youth. A truthful statement: there is suffering.
You see it, or hear it, or feel it, or know it: the suffering of others. It is right there in front of you. Do something about it!
It saddens me with I see the ethics of Buddhism deflate like someone surreptitiously letting the...
Valentine's Day makes me sick! Is there something wrong with me? I don't suppose you, nice, peaceful, you, would judge me, right? Well, I'd judge me. Perhaps you'll settle in for a bit of Buddhist reflection...
This solemn Sunday, I wish only to quote a quote, presented in Indestructible Truth by Reginald Ray. The five line quote is described as Longchepa's summarization of the dzochen perspective (p.112):
The present mind, which is...
Oh man, I did not want to write this today. I woke up this morning with a very bad case of life is horrific and awful. I did not think I could possibly come up with something beneficial to offer the world. This is not a story of...
We want to change the world, influence others, and make a difference, but we should remember to think about why we love our enemies first.
I have an aptitude for criticism. This aspect of my day to day existence is partly due to the...
While there is poverty in New York, there is quite a bit of privilege here too. Often privilege does not acknowledge itself; it quietly lifts some people through life in a manner that makes living easier.
When one day
Hitching up its suspenders
Is surprised at the
EASE
or
QUIET
or
JOY
And that day thinks
Careful careful
Days like this
PASS
And next day
Comes around
And thinks
Careful careful
Days like this
PASS
But equipped with...
Dear Interdependence Project Teachers,
I don’t know where I picked up this crazy idea to dedicate the merit of my practice to something or someone. Well, that’s a bit of a lie; it was definitely from one or all of the teachers...
May we
Cherish
Our
Boogers.
That (above):
Was brought
To you
By fear.
This:
that we
love,
by hate.
We are
perfect.
(As long as
We don’t play
Too many
Video games.)
God that
Is hard
To say.
This one time
I’ll...
Please relax as I share a short tale with you.
It turns out, after a couple months of experimentation, that I like to do the followings in the order presented:
1) Wake up earlier than necessary so that the following can happen.
2) ...
I have had some minor experiences during my recent months of daily meditation that have not been worth documenting. This morning, however, I feel like I have something to share. Don't expect anything amazing; I don't think...
My tongue
The Three Gorges Damn
Prevents floods now
Peddles havoc later (like a drunken moron)
Better to spread the news
That it is raining hard
Than to wait until the dam
EXPLODES!
Update:
Check out the Requiem's Bloom page on the TReE website to see videos of the performance in case you missed it.
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Amy Jones (you may or may not know), Lila Weingast (you may or may not know and may meet along with Amy), and I (...
