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Making Friends with Death and Dying: A Spiritual Journey – HIGHLIGHT
By Alley Smith The genuine heart of sadness comes from feeling that your nonexistent heart is full. You would like to spill your heart’s blood, give your heart to others. For the warrior, this experience of sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. —Chögyam Trungpa ... continuePosted May 1, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Self-Existing Dignity – HIGHLIGHT
A Shambhala warrior from Baltimore shares her story of abuse, recovery, and connection by Amy Vernon “Warriorship is a basic sense of unshakeability. It’s a sense of immovability and self-existing dignity rather than that you are trying to fight with something else.” – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche On July 21st 2017, the ... continuePosted August 23, 2017 by CGH
Thinking…. – HIGHLIGHT
Some thoughts on research and problem solving by Susan Firer When I was in school I loved to do research; I found it very satisfying in many ways. When I got out of school I didn’t seem to have the time for research. Or, maybe it was because ... continuePosted August 17, 2017 by CGH
The Bravery of Failure, Part 2 – HIGHLIGHT
A foster mother comes to terms with her inability to succeed, in the second part of a two-part story by Allison Conant While I was on my way home from a family wedding in Massachusetts, my fourteen-year-old foster daughter, R, had run out of the house, jumped the ... continuePosted August 13, 2017 by CGH
The Bravery of Failure, Part 1 – HIGHLIGHT
A personal account of coming to terms with the experience of trying something important, and failing to succeed by Allison Conant Acharya Pema Chodron is one of the most senior teachers in the Shambhala Community and I treasure her as a teacher. She doesn’t sugarcoat. She can laugh ... continuePosted August 11, 2017 by CGH
The Gift of Fear – HIGHLIGHT
An excerpt from “Natural Bravery: Fear and Fearlessness as a Direct Path of Awakening” by Gaylon Ferguson The starting point on the path of fearlessness is the discovery of fear. — Chögyam Trungpa, “Conquering Fear.” Our habitual response to fear is to move away from this uncomfortable feeling. We recoil ... continuePosted June 4, 2017 by CGH
The Dharma of Horsemanship – HIGHLIGHT
Working skillfully with fear, with horses as our mentors by Mary Ann Campbell When we sit to practice meditation, we don’t just walk in the room and sit down. We develop a sense of occasion, we pay attention to our pysical balances and tensions, the quality of our ... continuePosted May 3, 2017 by CGH
Facing Death Fearlessly – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Aging in Enlightened Society A Journey to a Class by Irene Woodard I recently came across Roger Angell’s article, “This Old Man,” in the New Yorker. It was five pages of brilliance, heartache and tart jokes. Whooppee, I say to myself, I have just won the writer’s olympic gold! ... continuePosted February 28, 2014 by
Illness in Older Age – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Aging in Shambhala On January 26th, Ann Cason and David Whitehorn will give a Shambhala Online presentation on the topic of illness in old age. As an introduction, here is a personal reflection on that experience. The experience of illness in older age a personal reflection by David ... continuePosted January 21, 2013 by
Fearlessness and Old Age Warriorship – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Aging in Shambhala January 2013 will be Old Age Warriorship month on Shambhala Online with three presentations: “Aging and the Arising of Wisdom” with Acharya Emeritus Judith Lief (January 13) “Relating with Aging and Grief” with Acharya Emily Bower (January 19) “The Experience of Illness in Older Age” with ... continuePosted December 26, 2012 by
Becoming Fearless Now – HIGHLIGHT
By Sakyong Mipham In the economic hardship the world is now suffering, it is possible for us to spin out and become very dualistic. When we are not sure what is going on, we react in fear and start labeling things black and white, good or ... continuePosted July 3, 2009 by Jennifer Holder