A few days back, in my Valentine’s Day post, I brought to myself a question to save for later and meditate on. I spent some time today thinking about it, so here it goes… Would you rather never find what you’re looking for, rather than find it and not be able to have it? I’m … [Read more…]
I’ve been thinking about things to do over Memorial Day weekend this year, I know I want to do something this year. The first option that I’m thinking about is taking a retreat. Specifically, The Garrison Institute is having a Buddhist retreat that weekend that sounds really interesting. It’s close enough (just outside New York … [Read more…]
I'm thinking today about the snow. Before the snow came, the world was gray and dim. The trees are bare, the grass is sleeping, the flowers are gone, the sun is hidden. Colorless, muddy. Dirty and discarded. Then the snow came. The view was hidden by the swirling dance of the flakes in the wind. … [Read more…]
Several weeks back I made a decision to try and simplify and minimize my life. As part of that process, I began purging and streamlining my apartment, through which I ended up taking down all the pictures (and everything else) that I had hung up on my walls. Today, I was sitting here looking at … [Read more…]
I've spent a good deal of the day today just sitting and listening to it rain. It's been a constant drone throughout the day, and I find it very relaxing. Soothing, even. Other sounds have come and gone, the heater clicks on and off, the refrigerator purrs in the background for a while, the fans … [Read more…]
Okay, time to finally let this particular rumination free. Yet another case of my friend Melissa giving me things to think about, putting these little birds in my mind that flit about and make me pay attention. Pondering their flight paths, if you will. She wrote: (and I hope she’ll forgive me for editing this … [Read more…]
I spent some time looking at the shelves in my apartment last night, observing what a mess they are. There are things on them that just don't belong there. There are other things that (perhaps) belong on there but are on the wrong shelf. Things are scattered about randomly and without order, or when there … [Read more…]
I spent about an hour earlier today staring at, and meditating on, a tree outside my window. I came to the conclusion that I like trees. When it rains, it drinks the water. When it is sunny it bathes in the warm light. When it is neither it doesn’t sit and fret about when it … [Read more…]
I've begun studying and-to some point-practicing Buddhism this week. I've got a number of issues I need to work through right now, and I feel this could be a great path for me to take. I've been having a lot of problems with anger lately, letting the littlest things get me upset, and having a … [Read more…]