We can begin anything we do—start our day, eat a meal, or walk into a meeting—with the intention to be open, flexible, and kind. Then we can proceed with an inquisitive attitude. As my teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche used to say, “Live your life as an experiment.” At the end of the activity, whether we feel we ...
UNLOCKING A SOFTNESS
Posted by Paul DiSegna
on March 19, 2015
Even after many years, many of us continue to practice harshly. We practice with guilt, as if we're going to be excommunicated if we don't do it right. We practice so we won't be ashamed of ourselves and with fear that someone will discover what a “bad" meditator we really are. The old joke is that a Buddhist is someone who is either med...
Spring is in the air! Daffodils delight, wild iris glisten, bluebirds nesting, warm sunny days. Delightful indeed! And yet, haunting with our lack of rain here in California. Invisible imbalance, with sunny illusions. I think about the reality of our water situation as a metaphor of what is upon us.What are our sunny illusions? Where is our interio...
