Next, we give ourselves the love and caring we deserve. Compassion for all beings is the essence of the Mahayana path, and it starts with love for ourselves. Something we may think of as purely personal, even a bit selfish, in fact leads to a great awakening of the heart. Finally, we...
This continual birth of the “self” out of the non-self was precisely what the Buddha discovered in a final and complete way on the night of his enlightenment. He found that once the non-self of enlightenment is fully realised, the limiting, painful fiction of a “self” has no further...
feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in…when we see land as a community to which we belong we may then begin to use it with love and respect.’ I think the act of opening to the deep meaning in our lives is intimately connected to our sense of belonging and our ability ...
It can be confusing to try to make sense of the different annuity quotes you find on the internet. Partially, that’s because there are at least six different types of annuities. You’ll need to understand how each type works before you can intelligently compare annuity quotes across groups....
It’s like there’s an in-built multiplexor installed in all of us. And if you see it as a gift, then things can really open up. Because then you become sensitive to the poetic vibes of other modes of being. The sorrows of the Devas, who weep when the joy is finally gone. Deep...
“Wonderful looking while on the ice but up close and personal, she could only be described as attractive if you like a woman with a bad complexion who is built like a linebacker”. “I have days where, if I come home — and I don’t want to sound too much like a chauvinist, but...
If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble. Imparadis'd in one another's arms. Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,-- Yielded with coy submission...
English language, although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, gives us an important lesson on persuasion: “He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of ...
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock. When people get to rubbing you pretty hardjust remember that's the treatment that puts a polish on things. Christ's stumbling while carrying the cross reminds us how close the Lord will push us to our absolute limits. The...
The risks I took were mine to take. We couldn’t communicate in anything but rote responses and shit eating grins. Everything starts dwindling when it’s all built on power trips and pandering. The letter arrived yesterday. I didn’t have a drop to drink. I had to play and drive four...