Imma break it down for you. My body is tired and tight and I ran waaaaaay too much not to stretch while I was in Provincetown with my love. Unfortunately, I didn't stretch. Well, I didn't stretch sufficiently. Now I'm in pain, tight,...
This week, IDP activism director Adreanna Limbach interviews Stuart Moody and Beth Terry of the Green Sangha, a San Francisco Bay Area based group working to advance spiritually grounded environmental activism. This is the second of a three part...
So to touch on what I was discussing last week, taking away the result of what you ultimately think your actions will create and just focus on your action. This has helped me greatly in staying in the moment. In the now. So...
One habit I've developed as a well-groomed American consumer, is the belief that questions, discomfort and uncertainty can be fixed by buying a product.
Let there be no doubt that life can be severely ironic. A week after I sent out remarks on the sacrifices my wife was making for our family, she got laid off from that soul-sucking job that was providing us health insurance.
Is there a reason for being?
Krishnamurti: Why do you want a reason for being? (Laughter). You are here. And because you are here and don't understand yourself, you want to invent a reason. You know, Sir, when you look at a...
In our ongoing attempt to construct some kind of solid identity, we cling to all kinds of labels that we hope can clearly define us: our race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or national citizenship. Some of...
Let’s be honest: we love to be distracted. We just do. Or, I suppose, I should own it - even with my years of meditation practice I often still find myself pulled toward pretty shiny things (or feelings) when the moment I’m currently...
Mooooovvvvviiiiiiing Daaaaaaay!
Talk about groundlessness. Today I join the first-of-the–month-housing-shuffle, hauling myself and all of my stuff to a new neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. It’s not far, but I don’t...
"Hatred, jealousy and excessive attachment cause suffering and agitation. I feel that, again, it is compassion that can help you overcome these to move into a calm state of mind. Compassion is not being kind to your friend. That is attachment...
My sophomore year in college I proclaimed myself “an Aristotelian.” Beyond thinking the moniker would impress a certain class of women, I had read the philosopher’s theory of “the golden mean,” that is, a...
This week, IDP activism director Adreanna Limbach interviews Stuart Moody and Beth Terry of the Green Sangha, a San Francisco Bay Area based group working to advance spiritually grounded environmental activism. This is the first of a three part...
In Getting Unstuck, Pema Chodron talks about scratching the itch. The itch is all the discomfort of being; from the itchy leg during meditation to the stinging itch of aloneness, sadness or anxiety. We find these things unbearable, like a crazy...
I have been playing with something in my mind for the last week or so. It may be obvious to most, and maybe some people have forgotten it, but it something I have been really trying to be aware of as I go through my day. In our fast...
last week was my girl's 25th birthday. it was riotous fun at the neighborhood gay bar for karaoke night. abby completely outdid herself, and sang her face off. amazing. i completely outdid myself also and drank to wiiiin. and the next day,...
"Two years ago I set out on a quest: To sift through the myriad of practice opportunities available to a 21st century American Buddhist and find a spiritual path that I could call home."
The challenge this week: to practice metta (loving kindness meditation) while being catcalled on the streets of New York City.
“Hey, sexy!”
“Good morning, ma.”
“Sexy.” “Sexy.” “Sexy....
The Games for Change festival ran last week, June 20-22, in New York City. It centered on the idea of online games encouraging progressive social change. Interdependence in action!
Somewhat improbably, Al Gore gave the keynote. (He's been in...
A man is riding on top of a horse that is galloping by frantically, as if he has to be somewhere important, as soon as possible. A bystander sees this and asks the man,“Where are you going?”
“I don’t know,...
How many times have you said this? Or thought this? Or been told this? I know you and you'll never change. She'll never learn. He'll always be a drunk. I'll always be fat. I...
What is the funtion of the bow in meditation practice? What does it say about our view of self and other? Is it submission or surrender? Is there a difference?
Last month, the IDPoC group met up on a Friday evening...
Sitting on the cushion, watching my mind lets me see that there is a gap – however infinitesimal – between the stimulus and the response. If I am aware enough to notice the gap, I can then choose how to react: to mouth off, to back off...
My girlfriend and I got into a fight last night because she says I’m a slob and that meditators should be more “mindful” of their living quarters. What would Sid say about that? – Messy Jessie
