Each day contains twenty-four hours. That’s fourteen hundred and forty minutes! Don’t you think that any of us can find just five of those minutes to sit down and have some peace through meditation? I bring this up today, because…
“I am, I said To no one there An no one heard at all Not even the chair “I am,” I cried “I am,” said I And I am lost, and I can’t even say why Leavin’ me lonely still”…
I don’t know why, but most mornings, at the start of my meditation, I have some small epiphany. This morning was again one of those mornings. I began my thoughts of loving kindness (metta) with my Mother and with Bhante…
“Don’t worry Honey, we’ll figure it out” ~Shirley Schmidt These are the words my Mother would often use when anyone in the Family had a terrible problem. Whether it be the loss of a job, a divorce, friend problems, it…
The Pali word for mindfulness is Sati, which actually means activity and is also translated as awareness. While reading many explanations of mindfulness, I came to realize that a better understanding of mindfulness requires a tremendous amount of reading and…