Monthly Archives: February, 2009

Tonglen Practice – A Practice of Giving

Last night the topic of the practice of tonglen was brought up in our evening discussion.  There is a short description of some of the practice in what Solari wrote up in the discussion points for chapter 11 that may help to describe the practice further.  Someone also recommended that perhaps it would be a [...]

Discussion Notes February 17th – The Art of Happiness (Ch 10 & 11)

  This week we had a bunch of time to chatter before the group got settled.  I thought I would chop the discussion off just when things got interesting.  Laughs… it certainly makes the conversation seem completely off the wall.  These guys crack me up.  Today’s discussions brought to you by the following smart tushes:  [...]

Movie: Coraline 3D – A Wonderful Surprise

It has been a long time since I have seen a 3D movie, and because of the disappointment of the last Disney film I went to go see,  Wall-E, I figured it would be a much longer time before I would be going out to see another one. Exceptions to Every Rule There is a [...]

Quitting Smoking – Part Deux

Some of the most read articles, since the inception of this blog, have been ones that mentioned quitting smoking. One of the these articles was where I tried to weave what I knew about Buddhism into a kind of Buddhist approach to quitting smoking. That article was: Quitting Smoking: Is There a Buddhist Way?  Now, [...]

“Monday Night” Chapter Readings

I have started to read aloud the chapters that we discuss on Tuesday nights.   I do this in Second Life on Monday nights that I have free, which are at least 3 a month.  It all works out. So if you can’t get a copy of the book in time, are interested in material, or [...]

The Big Sit Begins!!!

Join us me and lots of others in giving ourselves permission to sit on our tushes! See more details at this URL:  http://skillfulmeans.lotusbell.com/2009/02/13/the-big-sit-wanna-share-a-challenge/

The Big Sit – Wanna Share A Challenge?

I just read about a really cool thing yesterday in my copy of Tricycle magazine.  There was an article about something called “The Big Sit.”  It is kind of a mediation challenge and you know what, it sounds kind of fun.  So much fun that I think I’m planning to do it. Here’s the Ticket… [...]

Exercising My Brain – Free Tools on the Internet

In the book “My Stroke of Insight”, Jill Bolte Taylor Ph.D recommended the use of some brain games to exercise healthy right and left brain function.  I thought I would give a quick look around if there was anything available out there on the Internet.  I spent a good part of my Saturday this weekend [...]

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