Victor [7.10.14]



In this sharing, we explore one of the poems from the beautiful book, The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns, by Matty Weingast.  When used as practice for examining our own relationship with our mind, life and practice, these poems are powerful possibilities for insight.  This sharing involves an inquiry practice with the … Continue reading Victor [7.10.14]


Sitting Meditation- Circling [7.10.24]



This meditation includes the poem Victor, from the beautiful book, The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns, by Matty Weingast: Victor:   When everyone else was meditating,  I’d be outside circling in the hall.   Finally I went to confess.  I’m hopeless, I said.    The elder nun smiled.    Just keep … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Circling [7.10.24]


Mosquitos, Raindrops and Mindfulness Practice



How mosquitos move through a raindrop is a powerful metaphor for the attunement of mindfulness. The Mosquito Among the Raindrops byTeddy Macker The mosquito among the raindrops…  It’s equivalent to getting hit, says the scientist, by a falling school bus.  And hit every 20 seconds.  And the mosquito lives.  In fact she doesn’t even try … Continue reading Mosquitos, Raindrops and Mindfulness Practice


Sitting Meditation- An Act of Love



“Don’t meditate to fix yourself, to heal yourself, to improve yourself, to redeem yourself; rather, do it as an act of love, of deep warm friendship to yourself. In this way there is no longer any need for the subtle aggression of self-improvement, for the endless guilt of not doing enough. It offers the possibility … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- An Act of Love


Sitting Meditation- Contemplation Taking Us to Love



This practice explores how noting helps us get more clear as to what’s really here. What one takes in by contemplation, one pours out in love. –Meister Eckhart   The Way It Is, Lynn Ungar One morning you might wake up to realize that the knot in your stomach had loosened itself and slipped away, … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Contemplation Taking Us to Love


Thank You. I Am Grateful For Everything



Once there was a wise old sage, and people would travel a long ways to receive his teachings. He always taught one thing, a mantra to say to everything in life: Thank you, I am grateful for everything. One time a man received this teaching and said it with everything for a year. At the … Continue reading Thank You. I Am Grateful For Everything