Sep 10
Monday
Wealth of Generosity
by Shastri Matthew Lyon
Generosity is directly related to a feeling of abundance and confidence in our lives. On an inner level, in meditation practice, we rest the mind in the ground of basic goodness, the primordial confidence in our heart, our true nature. We can notice that when fear arises, this feeling of wholeness and abundance is restricted.
In a fearful state of mind in daily life, miserliness and stinginess become prominent. We miss the fact that natural care for one’s resources is different from an obsession with thrift, which fixates our minds on limitation and a feeling of insufficiency. With mindfulness, we can notice this process as it arises. Continue…
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3 responses - Posted 09.06.18
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5 responses - Posted 09.04.18
Dechen Chöling, July 2018 by Michal George Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter. For a further union, a deeper communion In my end is my beginning. — T.S. Eliot I almost didn’t go. A week before my planned departure for France, a massive storm enveloped ...continue
2 responses - Posted 08.29.18
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no responses - Posted 08.27.18
Carrying practice into the outdoors, this Seattle hiking group takes a wide view by Anisha Prasad When confusion and speed arise, the Seattle Shambhala hiking group hits the trail. This summer we hiked the beautiful Harvey Manning trail, a good five-mile walk in the Issaquah Alps and just minutes ...continue
5 responses - Posted 08.25.18
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no responses - Posted 08.23.18
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2 responses - Posted 08.19.18
by Larry Barnett One reason I sometimes feel dissatisfied with life is that my expectations are too high. In fact, this is the primary reason. I expect, for example, that candidates for President of the United States will have been taught good manners like politeness and not ...continue
1 response - Posted 08.17.18
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no responses - Posted 08.15.18
An opportunity to explore these three: Stillness, Silence, and Spaciousness by Brooke Binstock When the three of us (Kelly Lindsey, Marissa Knox and I) got together to talk about what to center our August retreat at Shambhala Mountain Center around, we easily settled on the theme of Stillness, Silence, ...continue
no responses - Posted 08.13.18
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14 responses - Posted 08.11.18
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5 responses - Posted 08.09.18
A message from the editor about upcoming changes at the Shambhala Times by Carol Henderson To our dear readers: many thanks for visiting this site, contributing your stories, reading the work of others, and sharing your comments. Working with you over the past three years has always been ...continue
no responses - Posted 08.07.18
Part 2 of a conversation with Silas Rose about Shambhala vision, tiny home dreams, and the practice of living in community by George Klima George. Let me go to the practical details: what would be an approximate budget? What do you see as a viable governance structure? Silas. In ...continue
no responses - Posted 08.05.18
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