Buddha

Meditation Haiku 2022: #1 – 6

diving into the deep…
no need
to come up grasping
for air

Lyme Liturgy Series 5: Main Practice, Sending and Taking Part 1

Feeling the mother cervical soft spot of kindness, warmth and tender sadness
Touching the raw, naked heart of any feelings, moods or sensations, just as they are, right now…

Buddhism 101 #2 Interdependencies Galore

Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum!

Buddhism 101 #1 The Three Marks of Existence

Suffering, impermanence and egolessness.

Article 38 False Gods As mentioned in the previous Article, along with the sacred speech of ‘the gods’ there is also profane speech of false gods. I suspect most reading this will know already what that might be…. overly long and boring pause……. Yes, ego. Ego in the Buddhist sense which is how we funnelContinue reading “False Gods”

Finding the (quiet) Middle #2

Article 32 Finding the (quiet) Middle (edited after initial publication) Partly due to an onslaught of recreational excursions – either to nearby beach or thermal waters – and partly due to existential ‘Plandemic’-induced angst, and no doubt also partly due to Factor X, have recently hit a brick wall of writer’s block. Which is alsoContinue reading “Finding the (quiet) Middle #2”

A Glimpse of the Sacred

Article 30 A glimpse of the Sacred Whilst driving through sub-par Mexican country roads on the way to a rather nice local thermal pool in Veracruz, I was asked ‘how do you make a space sacred?’ I was a little taken aback because I regard that as a rather huge topic about which volumes couldContinue reading “A Glimpse of the Sacred”