Looking Out My Window – August 7, 2013 Meditation

Looking out the window in the Hondo before the start of Shodaigyo tonight I saw a young woman walking down the hill. There is an apartment complex back in the direction she came from. A few minutes later I watched as she returns. This time she is carrying a large bag which I suspect was full of laundry; you see there is a laundromat in that direction. It then occurs to me that on her…

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Too Much – July 10, 2013 Meditation

It is easy to understand that our lives are frequently filled to overflowing with activities and responsibilities, commitments to meet and obligations to fulfill. If we had only abundance to use as a measurement for happiness, we would all be the happiest people on earth; or not. Since abundance is not the determiner of being happy, it might be useful then to look at how abundance affects our lives. I can’t make the examination for…

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Response to Questions About Inner Peace and Striving – July 7, 2013 Meditation

The other day I received a response with a question about my post on inner peace, which appeared last week. Because that question is one I have heard or been asked several times in the past I thought I would just write a blog post about it. Because it is the sort of question that occurs somewhat frequently in one form or another I am posting it so that perhaps I can just post a…

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Inner Peace – June 30, 2013 Meditation (With Portuguese Translation)

Portuguese translation appears after English Without looking far we can see examples of disquiet and strife, in our communities, in our nations, and in our world. Yet for all of its abundance it is not what we say we want. There is an overabundance of anxiety and unrest. It isn’t what we say we want and yet it seems to be how we are. Instead of looking around ourselves and saying there is not enough…

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