Contemplative Wisdom for Wellbeing
A friend recently shared the poem ‘The Invitation’ by Oriah Mountain Dreamer in which the following words deeply resonated with me:
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
Continue reading “Parental bone-weariness”An invitation to recall a recent situation when we saw our beauty and goodness through the eyes of another person. It includes paying attention to the stirrings in our hearts and using loving words to express what the person saw in us. Note: It’s best to let the scene gently emerge in our mind’s eye.
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Roshi Robert Kennedy SJ, an Irish-American Zen master and Jesuit, put the following challenge to us after we sat in silent meditation at the Earth + Sky Dojo (meditation hall) in Dublin. He said: “Why are you here? Why are you doing this? You need to know why you are doing it because Zen demands a lot from you.”
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Gratitude In All Things 