Tag: sympathetic joy

May I be well, content, and peaceful

well happy peaceful

What, no more Well Happy Peaceful? While the title of this site is Well Happy Peaceful, I have come to see that Well Content and Peaceful is perhaps more appropriate. You see, the word happy not only evoke different images…

The purpose of meditation

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What are your goals in meditation? In our society, it would seem that there a literally hundreds of ways to mediate. Different schools, teachers, traditions, and belief systems. Most of which seem to have a varied degree of intentions and…

Right concentration

I have been trying to study and learn about the kasinas and jhanas, and found the following explanation by Bhikkhu Bodhi to be very clear and in-depth. Rather than trying to put this into my own words, I felt it…

It begins with me

Growing up, my Mom was very good at teaching me not to be selfish. Being kind and considerate towards others, and thinking of others first. This was the person that my Mother always was to everyone. She was a beautiful…

My path so far…

“Life’s a journey, not a destination” Although this is actually a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, I always think of the Aerosmith song titled “Amazing”. By now I’m sure most of you know how much music is always in my head,…