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Skip to main content. Skip to secondary content. Bodhisattvas in the trenches. Calendar of Engaged Buddhist Events. Conversation with Sayadaw U Kovida. Dialogue Across Differences: Mobilizing a Wider Base. Journey to Mt. Kailash. To Protect and Serve: A Buddhist in the National Guard. Waking Up to the Tragedy of New Orleans. Impossible Choices: Thinking about mental health issues from a Buddhist Perspective. A selection of Maia’s published articles:. Dialogue Across Differences: Mobilizing a Wider Base.
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Fierce Dandelions: The Silence of White American Buddhists on Ferguson
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A blog about the spiritual life and collective liberation. Tuesday, November 25, 2014. The Silence of White American Buddhists on Ferguson. No jury, no judge, no appeal. Now, well into a new century, as a family in Ferguson, Missouri, buries yet another American teenager killed at the hands of authorities, the rate of police killings of black Americans is nearly the same as the rate of lynchings in the early decades of the 20th century.". I want to be wrong about all this, but I probably won't be. It...
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Not Zen: April 2015
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Stories on life, death, enlightenment, zen buddhism, religion, philosophy, stoicism, meditation, daoism, kindness but not meekness, and samsara. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Not Zen 159: Plot Revealed. Have you noticed how he keeps shifting? He's not eating the palmetto bush," the eldest remarked. "He keeps looking up at us.". Is he watching you? No, you." She brayed at the youngest and fattest of the bunch. Not me," said her friend. I don't know why he keeps staring at you." The shorter jennet onager tur...
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ZenWarrior42: March 2016
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016. You better keep your head little girl,. Or you won't know where I am. You better run for your life if you can, little girl.". The Beatles, "Run for Your Life". Narcs DO NOT let go easily if they aren't the ones cutting the cord. If you are going or have attempted to go NO CONTACT, you learn this lesson quickly. It is literally Baby Steps. Breaking the mental and emotional hold your abuser has over you can be one of the biggest battles you may ever fight. A 2011 National Intimat...
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ZenWarrior42: Lotus Flower...
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Monday, April 18, 2016. You held me down, but I got up,. Already brushing off the dust. You hear my voice, you hear that sound,. Like thunder, gonna shake the ground. You held me down, but I got up,. Get ready 'cause I've had enough,. I see it all, I see it now.". Katy Perry, "Roar". As Thich Nhat Hanh wrote, "No mud, no lotus.". Without suffering, there is no growth. Without hurt and struggle, there cannot be beauty. Why did I put up with his/her bullshit for so long? Why do I still miss him/her? Establ...
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ZenWarrior42: July 2016
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016. This Too Shall Pass. Is a place that I know. Where I can find shelter. From a hunger and cold. And the sweet tastin' good life. Is so easily found. A way over yonder, that's where I'm bound.". Way Over Yonder" Carole King. And I will be the first to say I am struggling. As Milarepa, the Tibetan yogi and poet, once said,. When you are strong and healthy,. You never think of sickness coming,. But it descends with sudden force,. Like a stroke of lightening. In the early 2004, my mo...
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ZenWarrior42: February 2016
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Friday, February 26, 2016. It has been one year since I was diagnosed with complex PTSD and anxiety disorder. I am still learning to manage my triggers. I am still finding out new things about myself I never knew. and I'm still learning to manage the anxiety. But it is a process. And I'm getting better. Slowly. I have been blessed with a tremendous support system. And for that I will be eternally grateful.). In my case, the damage was severe. Balance that with the tidbits of approval I would get for beha...
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mindfulness – the palm at the end of the mind
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The palm at the end of the mind. Matters of body, mind, and living in the moment. December 3, 2015. During one of my meditation groups last week, we discussed gratitude and being thankful. While the teacher mused on the snicker of her kids, but the profound statements that would come out of their mouths, I thought about why we tend to minimize gratitude and being thankful. To really feel and experience gratitude, is to be truly present in the moment. It isn’t complaining about what was lost or ...That, I...
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meditation – the palm at the end of the mind
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The palm at the end of the mind. Matters of body, mind, and living in the moment. December 3, 2015. During one of my meditation groups last week, we discussed gratitude and being thankful. While the teacher mused on the snicker of her kids, but the profound statements that would come out of their mouths, I thought about why we tend to minimize gratitude and being thankful. To really feel and experience gratitude, is to be truly present in the moment. It isn’t complaining about what was lost or ...That, I...
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