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

Archive for April, 2008

A Gift, Wrapped In A Gift

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Halfway through practice at Mysore class yesterday, an epiphany flung itself into my consciousness (now this is not going to sound epiphanic to you because it is not yours, but believe me, it was): Yoga is a gift. Yes, that’s it: Yoga is a gift.
It wasn’t a mere thought; we have thoughts all the […]

Authentic Creation

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Critics slammed Denise Levertov when religion became an obvious element in her poetry in the ’80s. They said she was making her writing inaccessible to readers who didn’t share her religious sensibilities. What an asinine criticism! How could she not write what was inside of her? As she became more religious, naturally, her art reflected that […]

The Reason

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Hi, my name is gartenfische, and I am here today to reaffirm my Reason for blogging.
Yes, there has been one from the beginning, and there still is. I will attempt to not get lost in side issues, like the pitfalls of blogging (which, incidentally, dovetail perfectly with the pitfalls of being me), which you got a […]

Mindly Stuff

Monday, April 7th, 2008

It may be obvious by now that I am interested in meditation, mind training, mind/brain stuff. Linda pointed me toward this fascinating conversation about the Shamatha Project with Buddhist scholar B. Alan Wallace. So I listened, and, as she said, it is right up my alley.
B. Alan Wallace, author of The Attention Revolution and Embracing […]

An Eckhartian Truth

Friday, April 4th, 2008

A man
born blind can easily
deny the magnificence of a vast landscape.
He can easily deny all the wonders that he cannot touch,
smell, taste, or hear.
but one day the wind will show its kindness
and remove the tiny patches that cover your eyes,
and you will see God more clearly
than you have ever seen
yourself.
-Meister Eckhart

On Not Hiding Our Heads In The Sand

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

To paraphrase Karl Barth slightly, he said we should carry the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other (he was actually talking about preaching, but it’s highly relevant to daily life, no?).
I read once that the Dalai Lama listens to the news on the radio every morning (this, even before the recent uprisings). […]