Monthly Archives: May 2015

Idiot compassion is the highly conceptualized idea that you want to do good. But that doesn’t mean to say that you have to be gentle all the time. Your gentleness should have heart, strength. In order that your compassion doesn’t become idiot compassion, you have to use your intelligence. Otherwise, there could be self-indulgence ofContinue reading

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. -Buddha Such a beautiful reminder. Yet, we spend soContinue reading

Most human beings are a few good years behind the curve of their own transformation. -David Whyte Transformation can feel a bit like Dorothy arriving in OZ—we’ve been living a black and white existence and in the blink of an eye, everything is in Technicolor. And we scratch our heads and wonder how long we’veContinue reading

And so long as you haven’t experienced this; to die and so to grow, you are only a troubled guest on the dark earth. -Goethe There are transformational moments in our lives when we experience a kind of emotional or spiritual dying—a shedding of old ways, notions, and concepts of ourselves. This process, which hasContinue reading

I take it, simply a fact, and in the light of it we can see how superficial and foolish we would be to think that we could correct what is wrong merely by tinkering with the institutional machinery. The changes that are required are fundamental changes in the way we are living. -Wendell Berry WeContinue reading “Let it begin with me”

Understanding our own suffering helps us understand the suffering of the world. -Thich Nhat Hahn One of the most compassionate things we can do for the world is to get in touch with our own suffering. It is only by digging deep into the wounds of our broken heart and touching the rawness of ourContinue reading “Compassionate Suffering”

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self. -Marianne Williamson We practice to remember who we truly are—to remember that we are more than this individual person experiencing numerous joys and numerous sorrows, to remember that we are bigger thanContinue reading “The Importance of Practice”