If you are lost, breath will find you.
If you are stressed, it will relieve you.
If you are wandering, it will bring you home.
If you are confused, it will blow away the clouds.Geshe YongDong Losar
Calm Breath, Calm Mind
Geshe YongDong Losar
Objectives
Goal setting is practiced by most individuals with a passion to achieve their objectives. The main premise of goal setting is that unless we know what we want, we can never achieve it.
Destination
Without a defined destination, it really doesn’t matter what we want to do or where we go — our activity essentially lacks purpose.
Enlightenment to Go
David Michie
Tea Ceremony
There is an old Japanese story about the Zen tea master Sen no Rikyu…
One day, a Sakai tea man invited Rikyu to a tea ceremony in the hope of impressing him with an antique tea jar from China. But despite being served from the jar, Rikyu didn’t seem to notice it, commenting instead on the simple scenery outside the tea hut. When Rikyu left, the trader smashed the precious jar to pieces and withdrew in anger. Luckily, all was not lost. One of the other guests gathered the pieces and glued them together with golden lacquer. When he came next, Rikyu recognized the mended jar. ‘Ah’ he said, ‘now it is magnificent!’
The Secret to Everything
Neel Burton
Telling Stories
We are storytellers — that’s how we make sense of our lives and give them meaning. Stories are always an overlay, an interpretation of what is. They enable us to accomplish great things, but can also get us in trouble if we mistake the stories for reality.
Experiencing Reality
Reality can’t be pinned down in words, no matter how fine a story we spin — reality can only be experienced directly.
Meeting Your Mind
Carol Hyman
Kindness
Sometimes, just a little bit of kindness can be enough to change the course of someone’s day. You never know what some people are having to deal with in their lives.
David Hamilton
Who Knows Anyhow? 