This path of awakening is a process. The truth we seek is not a concept or philosophical formula. It is a felt experience of living, of consciously joining our experience, whether it is grief or laziness or anger, feeling it and seeing it from the inside. The truth begins to appear in those moments whenContinue reading “Be Like Scrooge”
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Like Scrooge on Christmas Morning
The dark time is here. This brings a feeling of drawing in. This can be a good time for reflection. In the ancient Buddhist dialect of Pali “reflection” has the same double meaning that it has in English—it means to be like a mirror or the surface of a calm lake, to receive an impressionContinue reading “Like Scrooge on Christmas Morning”
Merry Christmas 2011
Merry Christmas! So much to do and here I am again, sitting on my sofa, sipping coffee and watching the sky grow light. Already it seems brighter to me. This is my very flawed and subjective view, of course. Yet it does seem brighter. This body and heart came to me from the most ancientContinue reading “Merry Christmas 2011”
Tracy Cochran 