For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ~ Nelson Mandela It’s hard to view all the discussion about gay rights and…
Gay Rights
Tag: acceptance
Escapism is not the solution
Escapism takes us from where to where exactly? Escapism: habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine. How very easily each of us can perceive mediation as our little escape…
The suffering of physical pain
Physical suffering does not have to be mental suffering Two days ago I began having severe pains in my right arm. The pain seemed to originate for my shoulder and shoot downward to my wrist and fingers. As the day…
Determining Right Action
Right action can be the wrong way without skillfulness Right Action is a critical part of the Eightfold Path that the Buddha passed on to us. But often, the word “Right” can seem too finite and specific. And although the…
A friend or a Noble friend
Noble friends are we? What’s the difference you say? Well I believe it is a World of difference. Most of us have many friends, some of whom are near and dear to us, while others are merely “Facebook friends”. And…