Push!
I am going to start the final rewrite of the book next week. I can’t wait. Honestly, I don’t know what to do with myself anymore. It’s been nice to take a break from the intensity of the project and … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Breathe! You Are Alive
I’m going to cheat today and just share a beautiful poem… Breathe! You Are Alive Breathe and you know that you are alive. Breathe and you know that all is helping you. Breathe and you know that you are the … Continue reading
Moodswing
Today I can change my mind and my mood… Continue reading
Writing This Blog Is Like Coming Out Everyday
So I looked at myself in the mirror. That was it. I couldn’t hide any more. I had to stop second guessing myself. I had to finally and once and for all be wholely authentic. Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Buddhism, Coming Out, Homosexuality, Recovery, Spirituality, Writing
Tagged Addiction, Buddhism, Coming Out, homosexuality, Recovery, Writing
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Thanksgiving
We can take this holiday back if we want to, we can make it a day of real thanksgiving. Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Recovery, Spirituality
Tagged Buddhism, Precious Human Rebirth, Thanksgiving
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One More Time…
This is all we have. A few brief moments to find ourselves and to figure out what to do with those selves.
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Tagged Addiction, Buddhism, Impermanence, Recovery, spirituality
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Love
Spending time with my niece. So wonderful. She’s nine months old, soaking up the world, standing and crawling, making sounds of I am me, I am here! Last night her mom said that sometimes its hard to put Ella to sleep, that … Continue reading
A Short Sit
So before Portland I was up in Washington at Ser Cho Osel Ling. It’s a retreat facility that KCC, the Buddhist center in Portland, is building and my friend Galen is managing right now. It is the first retreat center of it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, Retreat, Spirituality
Tagged Buddhism, Kagyu Changchub Chuling, Meditation, Retreat, Ser Cho Osel Ling
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Portland
Portland Airport. Looking out at the great, grey sky. A cool comfort. Everything is wet. Mud and muck. But all is still green, even in November! Even the deciduous trees, loosing their leaves, only seem to be sleeping, sated after … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Kagyu, Meditation, Oregon, Portland, Vajrasattva
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Parking
When my friend, Bridget, and I pulled up to the San Francisco Zen Center yesterday we couldn’t believe there was so much parking. There were at least three spaces. I mean right…out…front. This doesn’t happen in the City. It was a … Continue reading
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