Gartenfische's Main Loves

  • God

  • Yoga

  • Meditation

  • Books

  • Photography

  • Gardening

  • Music

  • Silence

  • and of course . . . her family.

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They can be like a sun, words. They can do for the heart what light can for a field.

- John of the Cross

Buddhism

Blooming

Friday, March 28th, 2008

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.
When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
-Thich Nhat Hanh

This keeps popping into my head since I read it at Jan’s blog. I suppose because the image of people blooming like flowers is beautiful. And clearly true.
When we are not present, what does that mean? When we are more interested in what is […]

Subtracting

Friday, February 29th, 2008

God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by subtracting.
-Meister Eckhart

Chogyam Trungpa, Buddhist meditation master:
“When we begin to practice and to learn more, we may think we should be adding tricks or embellishments of all kinds to our practice. This is the approach of spiritual materialism.”
And:
“Spiritual discipline is not about advancement, but it […]

Don’t Throw Anyone Out Of Your Heart

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

From Sharon Salzberg, Buddhist teacher, on metta (loving kindness) practice*:
Doing metta we plant the seeds of love, knowing that nature will take its course and in time those seeds will bear fruit. Some seeds will come to fruition quickly, some slowly, but our work is simply to plant the seeds. Every time we form the […]

Free Burma!

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

These are our brothers and sisters. We must stand with them.
Please use your liberty to support ours.
- Aung San Suu Kyi, the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient

The Buddha said, Hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal.
www.uscampaignforburma.org 
www.free-burma.org

Pray for our brothers and sisters in Burma. Stand beside them in spirit. Take action in whatever way you […]

My Buddhist Feet

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Christianity feeds my soul—it is my heart-religion—but Buddhist practices often help me put one foot in front of the other. Buddhist practicality is a beautiful thing.
For instance.
DonutZenMom once made the following point (in the comments for this post):
I actually feel like ‘just doing’ helps me cultivate psychic laziness! I don’t have to expend energy on the ’should […]