Last week was Valentine’s Day and I got my wife a card and something from our kids, but the card my wife got me was amazing. It says I’m the calm in our relationship, this says a lot about where I’ve come in my life with her. There a few things that have added calm to …
Tag Archive: religion
Feb 08
Last day, A short story.
He’d read the letter five times and it still stung. He wasn’t prepared for it, and that’s probably what hurt him most. He sat in the rocking chair in the corner of the room, the light filtering through the dust and yellowing curtains. He hadn’t been in that room in years, but today was different; she …
Feb 04
Moving Against The Stream. Book Review for Against the Stream by Noah Levine
Every Buddhist has something that brought them to practicing. It’s either a book, movie or their environment. When I was in my early twenties I read a book by Lama Surya Das titled Awakening the Buddha Within. This was the book that set me on the path, but my path had bumps, potholes …
Jan 14
The Suffering Writer, Part 1
To me writing has been about long nights, staring at a white screen covered in little words. It’s been about talking about who I am, who I’m not and all the little things in between. I’ve suffered through all of it. A writer’s suffering is their guide to what they should write. My discovery …
Dec 21
How We’re Teaching Buddhism To Our Kids.
I’ve posted many times about my beliefs in Buddhism, but I’ve never discussed what we tell our kids about Buddhism or Christianity. Here’s a couple of recent stories about our life and raising our kids Buddhist. A few weeks ago, my son who’s eight and smarter than he acts and thinks more philosophically than most …
Jul 18
What Would First Contact Look Like?
We stare at the images of far away worlds. Wondering what they’re like. Would finding out change who we are? Would it challenge our religion or would things just happen that we’re unable to anything about it? I thought of these things lately while reading Existence by David Brin. This is the first time I’ve read …
Apr 09
Why Fate is your choice!
Morpheus: Do you believe in fate Neo? Neo: No. Morpheus : Why not? Neo: Because I don’t like the idea that I’m not in control of my life. This scene from The Matrix is one of my favorites. The choice of reality and whether what we see in front of us in real. The other night my wife …
Feb 27
Flight of petals
In and out, it comes like a religion I forgot or never knew. I feel the touch, the feel of it on my skin as I take a breath and feel the water pour over my scalp. Changing and moving toward the now and not the then. Graphic and bullied is the way it felt. Love comes …
Jan 13
5 Things everyone should reflect on once in their lives
I never see things for what they are not anymore, only for what they are.
Dec 01
Learning mindfulness through meditation
My first time meditating was such an inspiring and enlightening experience that I had to learn more about it. What I discovered is not what I expected. Meditation is not done only by Buddhists. People of all faiths meditate. It is a way to find yourselves to get back to a oneness, a sense of …
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