I have been trying to look at the difficulties of this past year as a learning experience, a chance to grow. I thought about everything, talked about everything, wrote about everything. I thought I’d had it all figured out. Why each event had happened, what I needed to learn, how I should proceed. I kept looking [...]
Archive for November, 2009
How big do I have to get?
Posted in Personal Growth, tagged acceptance, detachment, Personal Growth, truth on November 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Meditation Group – Take Three and Four
Posted in Meditation, Personal Growth, Philosophy, tagged detachment, gil fronsdal, Meditation on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been to 2 meditation classes since I last talked about meditation. I am enjoying them immensely. We are progressing through a Buddhist program developed by Gil Fronsdal. The process involves detachment of the true self, or silent witness, from the more earthly self that experiences the world around us. The process is often [...]
Wow. That really sucks.
Posted in Personal Growth, tagged alfred lord tennyson, Personal Growth, truth on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I had an interesting experience at the end of last week. I had a beautiful, dear friend of mine tell me that she was having a miscarriage. It was the first time I have been faced with a person who has had one since I had my two this year. I knew the pain she [...]
