MABA & Tsunami Relief, Buddhist Events

Posted by on Mar 15, 2011 in Events and Education, Green or Nature, Healing, Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on MABA & Tsunami Relief, Buddhist Events

Hello All!  Blogger Slacker returns with spring events at MABA, including their China trip and tsunami relief for the Buddhist community in Japan.  If you have never been to MABA, this pic is from them. www.maba-usa.org for directions and information   Mid-America Buddhist Association Monastery via Hwy. 94 to Schindler Rd. in Augusta , MO – a secluded and tranquil setting Dear Friends, See Below for information about: 1)     Earthquake – Tsunami Relief 2)     Sunday Meditation Schedule 3)     Sunday Study Group 4)     Spring Meditation Retreat — April 16 5)     Qingming Ancestor...

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Whole Hearted Courage

Posted by on Mar 15, 2011 in Emotions, Grief, Happiness, Healing, Loss and Letting Go, Peace, ponderings, prayers, Spirituality | Comments Off on Whole Hearted Courage

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar… ~~Raymond Lundquist Hello all 🙂  Blogger Slacker returns… I took this pic a few weeks ago in  a remote place called Cathedral Canyon, in The Middle Of Nowhere, Missouri.  To reach this place, you have to leave all that is familiar, drive 2 hours from a major city, then hike  even further  into the more-middle-of-nowhere.  I must say~~ it was totally worth it.  The pic doesn’t do it justice.  I spent a few days in that part of the world, totally off the grid and reconnecting with myself.  It was lovely in a million different...

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What Love Is

Posted by on Feb 14, 2011 in Emotions, Grief, Happiness, Healing, Spirituality | 1 comment

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres….And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. ~~1 Corinthians 13   Today’s post is a direct cut and paste from What Love Is, by Ayya Khema, a Dharma Teacher.  Born in Berlin of Jewish parents in 1923, Ayya Khema escaped...

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Smile at Fear

Posted by on Feb 10, 2011 in Emotions, Grief, Happiness, Healing, Loss and Letting Go, Peace, prayers, Spirituality | Comments Off on Smile at Fear

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves – regret for the past and fear of the future… ~~~Fulton Oursler Because we are afraid, we develop all kinds of habits which over time lead to addictions.  Human beings are funny like that–We look for strength in the things that weaken us… ~~Pema Chodron,  Dharma Teacher I took this picture over Labor Day weekend while hiking the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in New Mexico.  For those of you with eyes over 40, that is a cow patty with flowers growing out of it. Lovely, isn’t it? 🙂 You have to understand the enormity of the canyon and the...

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I’d Never, Ever, Ever, Ever…

Posted by on Jan 28, 2011 in Cool Art, Emotions, Grief, Happiness, Healing, Loss and Letting Go, Spirituality | Comments Off on I’d Never, Ever, Ever, Ever…

Hello all!  Blogger Slacker is making up for lost time, at least for today.  This is not an original post, in fact it is a total copy job from Lynne Farrow.  This is such a beautiful post that I wanted to pass it along.    If you’d like to learn more about her or her work, you can find her here. Enjoy!!!        I’d Never, Ever, Ever, Ever. . . By Lynne, on January 26th, 2011 Some days the teacher’s not the teacher. Some days wisdom rises up through a single voice to give voice to our collective experience and pain. We’re working on an Inside/Outside project at The...

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