Catharsis and the Sponge

by | Nov 6, 2020 | Community

Catharsis is poison. Although the ancients did Not have computer viruses, or traffic jams they did have stress. They did have guilt and fear and anger and sorrow and frustration. Just like us, the ancients had each of these same emotional afflictions that we have now....

It’s OK to feel Annoyance

by | Nov 6, 2020 | Community

Let us remember that it is O.K. to feel unpleasant emotions. Feeling unpleasant emotions does not necessarily make us unpleasant people, or spiritual failures. Yes, it can feel painful to experience annoyance; But it can feel even worse to then compound it’s...

Indulging Self-importance

by | Nov 6, 2020 | Community

I receive over a hundred friend requests weekly  at my space.I’ve noticed that  some folks contact me because they desire praise,  some folks contact me because they desire entertainment  some folks contact me because they desire commerce  and other folks...

Grasping at Samadhi

by | Nov 6, 2020 | Community

Could there be more to the spiritual path, then merely, striving for and savoring the thoughtless bliss of Samadhi? Could it be folly to grasp at Samadhi?  Contemplative systems are numerous. Many of them insist that the absence of thoughts is good, while the presence...

May the Buddha of Compassion bless your Heart!

by | Nov 6, 2020 | Community

When we deny others the Benefit-of-the-Doubt, the pain we cause them pales before the damage we do to ourselves.Why is that?Why is giving the benefit of the doubt important to our spiritual growth?Why is it mentioned, or at least inferred, by almost every spiritual...

Valentine’s

by | Nov 3, 2020 | Community

Well Happy Valentines Day to you all.  I woke up toa beautiful pot of tulips on my table with a lovely card from Lynn.  He has always been so thoughtful on days like this.  He is just an excepional man and I have been a lucky woman that we found...

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