The holiday season for many of us is filled with customs. I can remember as a child the yearly Christmas Eve candlelight service. My eyes would fill in wonder as the lights dimmed, the candles were lit, and the congregation sang Silent Night. I remember how grown up I felt when I could hold a …
The story is told in the Devimahatmyam of a dark time in history. It seems two evil kings came to power, wreaking havoc on a kingdom that had once been peaceful. As the darkness of their new power spread, life shriveled up, and all the things that allow life to flourish disappeared. The result was …
Care of One for the Benefit of Many (part 4) I remember a few years back when a friend of mine was carting her young child around attempting to do several errands. At each stop, my friend would unbuckle her child out of his car seat, drag him to the errand, and return him to …
Care of the One for the Benefit of the Many (part 3) In one of his books, Kurt Vonnegut writes: “Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one …
In a speech Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University, he spoke of a quote that had impacted his life. The quote went something like, “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you will most certainly be right.” Steve Jobs said that because of this quote, every morning he asked himself, …
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I begin with a confession. I am someone who wishes their life could be easier. I long for a computer with less emails, a calendar with less commitments, a life where things were less complex, where work was less demanding, where time off and play were valued, and sitting on my porch reflecting and visiting …
Samkya philosophy, the philosophy that undergirds the practice of yoga, understands all matter to be the result of 3 strands of energy: that which expands, that which contracts, and that which moves these 2 along a continuum. This philosophy states that mastery in this world is obtained by choosing the action that will lead to …
As summer days find me pondering on my porch sipping a cup of tea, my mind flows to the preciousness of time. I mull over the countless teachers whose message is presence and mindfulness in the moment. And as the gentle breeze finds my skin and the sun warms my face, I understand. There are …
