The Real Source of Happiness
While sunsets in and of themselves are wonderful being present with the sunset is what creates joy, ease and happiness. Read more about the Real Source of Happiness in this short article and then give it a try yourself. The next time you have a pleasant experience feel into the bodily sensations that result. Rest […]
Unconditional, by Jennifer Paine Welwood
Willing to experience aloneness, I discover connection everywhere; Turning to face my fear, I meet the warrior who lives within; Opening to my loss, I gain the embrace of the universe; Surrendering into emptiness, I find fullness without end. Each condition I flee from pursues me, Each condition I welcome transforms me And becomes itself […]
The Guest House, by Jelaluddin Rumi
This being human is a guest house. Each moment a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, a momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. They may be clearing […]
Please Call Me by My True Names, Thich Nhat Hanh
Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow – even today I am still arriving. Look deeply: every second I am arriving to be a bud on a Spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings, learning to sing in my new nest, to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower, to […]
Suffering or Joy
“Nothing is either good or bad. It’s thinking that makes it so.” ~William Shakespeare