For the first time in a couple of weeks, I decided not to work after putting my daughter to bed. Instead I watched Life in a Day on Netflix, something I’ve been meaning to do for some time. YouTube collected…
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Tagged with: aversion, daily life, death, desire, humor, joy, love, nature, video
Posted in Mind & Body, Uncategorized
Posted in Mind & Body, Uncategorized
To face what is and not turn away…
I’ve been thinking about this quote from Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism: When we face things as they are, we give up the hope of something better. On one hand this rings of defeatism. If we simply accept everything as it…
Aversion and Preference
A friend and I were talking some years back about exercise. He is a textbook extrovert; I’m a textbook introvert. We are complete opposites in this way but get along despite it, or maybe because of it. He said his…
Rolling with Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Sumedho tells a great story about fancy monks and a lesson from Ajahn Chah. As the father of a 4 year old with very little peace and quiet to practice with, it really resonates. As a bonus, he drops…
