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Exploring Emperor YongLe – HIGHLIGHT
Statue of Emperor YongLePilgrimage to Beijing, June 2014 article and photos by Duncan McNaught, Boulder, CO edited by Melanie Klein and Mariah Simonton I recently made a pilgrimage to sites connected with the ancestral sovereign, Emperor YongLe. It was a success. This was mainly because like the other ancestor ... continuePosted October 29, 2014 by
Ebola in Our Backyard – HIGHLIGHT
by Megan Bauer, Center Director in Dallas, TX Ebola is a horrific disease having a devastating impact on communities in West Africa. In the last few weeks, it has spread beyond Africa. For many of us, it has been a drama unfolding on the evening news that ... continuePosted October 16, 2014 by
Fox-Walking with Owl-Eyes – HIGHLIGHT
EWV Wisdom WheelCOLUMN: In Everyday Life Investigating EarthWalk Vermont, A Mini-Culture Filled With Nature, Learning, Respect and Joy by Cara Thornley In 2005, Angella Gibbons, Shambhala practitioner in Vermont, started EarthWalk Vermont (EWV), a nature-based mentoring school, with five students who came one day a week. It grew so ... continuePosted October 11, 2014 by
Goodbye, Egoism – HIGHLIGHT
Reporting from the Scene: Bright Now Festival in Amsterdam, “basic goodness in action” by Anna Spohr, of Mindful Movie I was a volunteer at the first Bright Now Festival, playing the part of filmmaker this time, rather than mindfulness trainer. Attracted by the strong positivity of the theme, “A ... continuePosted October 9, 2014 by
Polishing Boots, Hauling Rocks – HIGHLIGHT
Reflections on Magyal Pomra Encampment article by Matthew Parkinson photos by Brigit R-S After experiencing the earthy and raw encampment grounds at Shambhala Mountain Center, the transition back to modern life is abrupt, to say the least. Last month, seven bay area sangha members gathered with over 100 members of ... continuePosted August 8, 2014 by
Those Aren’t No Stinking Four Foundations! – HIGHLIGHT
A Special Wink… …Exploring Non-Attachment Across Religions by Ira Zukerman What have they done? And what have I gotten myself into? These are questions I found I had to ask myself while on a week-long retreat in May 2014, sponsored by the Institute of Jewish Spirituality. continuePosted July 13, 2014 by
Killing Ants – Exploring Compassion – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: In Everyday Life by Michelle Welch, Phoenix, Arizona One morning last summer I went into my kitchen and found it was covered in ants. They were everywhere – all over the floor, on the walls, on the countertops, in my vegetable basket, in the cats’ food bowls. ... continuePosted July 4, 2014 by
Microscopic: Mind and Poker – HIGHLIGHT
Reflections on Mindfulness, Suffering, Joy and Playing Poker by Stacey Mitchell, New York It was a stressful moment. Thoughts kept running through my head — should have, could have, would have, what ifs, spinning through my mind. It happens more often than I think I care to acknowledge. ... continuePosted June 30, 2014 by
Living Now – HIGHLIGHT
On Creating Time by Jim Koehneke, MA from Burlington, VT For a good many years I was not aware that life happened in the present moment. Then gradually I became aware that my thoughts most often “rested” in the past and future, or as one of my mindfulness ... continuePosted June 28, 2014 by
Reclaiming our Sensitivity – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Dharma Teachings article and photos by Evan Silverman, Karme Choling Recently I had the special honor and privilege to be a meditation instructor for a half-dathun (two-week retreat) led by Acharya Suzann Duquette and Shastri Ethan Nichtern. I’ve known both of them for a few years now, ... continuePosted June 20, 2014 by
Lessons Learned from Being Underwater – HIGHLIGHT
BoseARTS COLUMN Finding Balance in a Contemplative Life by Julie Dubose Recently, I had the great pleasure of returning to Royal Roads University in Victoria, B.C. with Michael Wood to teach Opening the Good Eye and Making Contact, the first two courses in our contemplative photography curriculum. We felt ... continuePosted June 16, 2014 by
Meditation and Irony – HIGHLIGHT
COLUMN: Celebrating the Arts by Michelle Welch, Phoenix I’m a writer, for those who don’t already know. There’s a big dichotomy between being a writer and being a meditator, namely that writing requires you to be stuck in your head, conceptualizing everything, nearly all the time. continuePosted June 9, 2014 by
An Intimate Death – HIGHLIGHT
the cremationCOLUMN: In Everyday Life article by Leila Bazzani, Los Angeles Time of death: 9:21am on January 19th 2014, just two months shy of her 69th birthday. My mother raised two beautiful children, was a wife to one of the sweetest, most gentle men I’ve ever known, and ... continuePosted May 25, 2014 by
Cultivating Clean Friendship… – HIGHLIGHT
miksang …in the Sangha written by Maya Rook edited by Ani Dawa Chotso “The sangha is the community of people who have the perfect right to cut through your trips and feed you with their wisdom, as well as the perfect right to demonstrate their own neurosis and be seen ... continuePosted May 9, 2014 by
The “Technology” of Flexibility – HIGHLIGHT
Dharamsala,A Study of Trauma and Flexibility in a Tibetan Exile Town by Sara Lewis, PhD, LMSW, New York City Stopping at a tea stall on the side of the road to drink a glass of peppery Indian chai, Tashi Lhamo squints back at me. “These problems you always ... continuePosted May 5, 2014 by