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Tag Archives: gratitude
Mother’s Day for the Black Sheep
March of 2003; my mother was in a very advanced stage of her final bout with cancer. Had been visiting for a few days at her place. It was 10:30 at night, and we had just finished watching a TV … Continue reading
Posted in Human Experience
Tagged Dependent origination, ego, family, forgiveness, gratitude, Hooponopono, love, Mother's Day, suffering, thanks
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Earth Day : A Contemplation
[ Written in honor of the Earth for Earth Day; Monday April 22 ] I have no ability to create Even the smallest part of what this life requires Yet through each moment The Earth sustains all life upon it. … Continue reading
Posted in Human Experience
Tagged contemplation, Earth, Earth Day, elements, gratitude, human body, humility, periodic table, six elements practice
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Year End 2012 : I Am Reminded
The hallmark of this year has been a deepening sense of not knowing. May it continue ! I am reminded (and humbled) again and again that the keystone may be gone but foolish thoughts still arise, feelings of contraction still … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, gratitude, humbled, Liberation Unleashed, thanks, year end
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Ho’oponopono
[ Ho’oponopono is a technique I use every day. Adam J. Pearson just posted about Ho’oponopono practice and its effects on his excellent blog Words From The Wind . Ho’oponopono has a lot to do with the sanity of forgiveness, … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Post, Human Experience, Off the Wall
Tagged conditioning, forgiveness, gratitude, healing, Hew Len, Hoʻoponopono, Hooponopono, meme, memetics, mental-health
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Samu in the Snow
This weekend I practiced a short 3 day sesshin ( period of intense meditation ) with my Zen teacher (Sensei) and a small group of his students. Sitting meditation ( zazen, shikantaza ), chanting, walking meditation, work periods, and mindful … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhist Practice, Zen
Tagged Buddhist, compassion, gratitude, humility, practice, samu, sesshin, shikantaza, zazen, Zen
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Immanuel and Gratitude 2.0
One of the great good fortunes of this life has been my friendship with Immanuel. How many people do I know who can talk about Arthur Schopenhauer and Shinran Shonen with equal clarity and enthusiasm ? Immanuel was born to … Continue reading
Posted in Dialogues, Human Experience
Tagged alive, Buddha, experience, gratitude, impersonal, joy, philosophy
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Year End Thanks to Readers
In the final hours of the first year of STANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD, I wanted to thank you all for stopping by. It’s a total blast writing a blog, and for what if there are no readers ? This … Continue reading
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Tagged emptiness, Gateless Gate, gratitude, love, Vanishing Narrative
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