Buddhist Events in St. Louis

Posted by on Dec 14, 2011 in Events and Education, Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on Buddhist Events in St. Louis

Hello all!  The updated schedule for MABA and the schedule of events has been posted.  If you are interested in any activities in the Buddhist community, this is a good group and a good place to practice.    Enjoy! 🙂 Dear Friends, Please see the poster below if you have an interest in studying the Dharma this winter in Chesterfield. Reminder of MABA activities: With the monastics in the traditional 3-month retreat at MABA, there is the usual suspension of Dharma talks and study groups at the Monastery. The Sunday meditations will continue at 10 am, and all are welcome to attend. MABA has the...

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2012 Mayan Calendar Perspective

Posted by on Dec 8, 2011 in Misc stuff that is totally unrelated to anything obvious, ponderings, Spirituality or Religion, Thought or Quote O' the Day | Comments Off on 2012 Mayan Calendar Perspective

LOL. Nuff said. Have a good day! 🙂 38.646991-90.224967Share the Love!EmailShare on TumblrTweetPrintLike this:Like...

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Spiritual Fruits or Just Nuts?

Posted by on Dec 8, 2011 in Emotions, Grief, Happiness, Loss and Letting Go, prayers, Spirituality | Comments Off on Spiritual Fruits or Just Nuts?

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground. Let the beauty we love be what we do.   ~~Rumi I love this picture, taken when the Christ the Redeemer statue was under construction.   One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, it was built in Rio di Janiero in the 1920’s and is huge, overlooking the whole city.  It captures how I so often feel on the path and I look at it from time to time to remind me of what it symbolizes to me in my...

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Getting There

Posted by on Nov 28, 2011 in Green or Nature, Healing, ponderings, Spirituality or Religion, Thought or Quote O' the Day | Comments Off on Getting There

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson Hello all 🙂 I was talking with some folks over the weekend about the paths we walk…how we think the path we are on will lead to a certain place, but part of the journey is accepting when it wanders into other areas.  Staying on the path and getting there aren’t necessarily the same thing, but probably all part of the same path.  It reminded me of the wonderful poem by David Wagoner, so I thought I’d post it.  We’ve all earned this ” worn-down, hard,...

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Dealing with Difficult Relatives

Posted by on Nov 25, 2011 in Emotions, Grief, Healing, Loss and Letting Go, prayers, Spirituality | Comments Off on Dealing with Difficult Relatives

Your friends, family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing. -Jim Rohn Hello all and Happy Late Thanksgiving!  Or maybe it’s Early-Merry-Happy-Whatever-You-Celebrate-This-Time-of-Year, I’m not sure.  I do know I’m not wishing anyone a Happy Black Friday 🙂  Whatever this time of year means for you and your family, I do know that what most of us want is Happy-Merry and what a lot of us feel is pressure or disappointment.  Contrary to what the Hallmark store...

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