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Living in Calamity
To be a human is to live in calamity. – Ling Xing, a Zen woman ancestor This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in Interesting Times.” So this month’s quotes will… Continue Reading “Living in Calamity”
Embracing Uncertainty
Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later. – Bob Goff This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in Interesting Times.”… Continue Reading “Embracing Uncertainty”
Wednesday of Hope – Hope in Letting Go
In those moments when we realize when we realize how much we cannot control; we can learn to let go. – Sharon Salzberg This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Hope in Letting Go”
Let Uncertainty be Acceptable to You
If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into aliveness, alertness and creativity. – Eckhart Tolle This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on… Continue Reading “Let Uncertainty be Acceptable to You”
Tolerating Uncertainty
The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty. – Rachel Naomi Remen This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in Interesting Times.” So this month’s quotes will be related… Continue Reading “Tolerating Uncertainty”
Endless Possibilities
When nothing is sure, everything is possible. – Margaret Atwood This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in Interesting Times.” So this month’s quotes will be related to groundlessness and how… Continue Reading “Endless Possibilities”
Gam su l’tova
I know what Gam su l’tova (This is also for the good) means, I said. It doesn’t mean, “this painful situation is going to end up gratifying.” Sometimes things get better. Sometimes they get worse. Gam zu l’tova means that creation is good and… Continue Reading “Gam su l’tova”
Wakening to Oneness – Are You Free where You Are?
You are only free when you realize you belong to no place — you belong to every place — no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great. – Maya Angelou This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves… Continue Reading “Wakening to Oneness – Are You Free where You Are?”
The Present Moment
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have. – Pema Chodron This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in Interesting Times.… Continue Reading “The Present Moment”
Wednesday of Hope – Golden Stitches in the Dark
Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery. – Wendell Berry This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Golden Stitches in the Dark”
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