most people are all hustle and bustle for the holidays. i don’t usually think on them overmuch. but i just realized…
a quote and evening thoughts
“There is another way of speaking about the two types of meditation. In this case, they are differentiated into 1) meditation that perceives the object and 2) meditation in which our mind is transformed into a specific affective state. An example of the former is meditating on impermanence and emptiness. These are subtle objects that we must use analytical meditation to perceive. An example of the latter is meditation on the four immeasurables (brahmaviharas)–love, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Here we are not trying to perceive a subtle object, but are practicing to transform our minds into those mental states. For […]
omg! comfort!
hah. thrift stores are amazing. how could i ever have forgotten i love them?
oh boy. podcasting?
well. now you’ve done it, mike. i actually found a webcam for cheapness and… well… let’s just say the world may never be the same. because i’m a mac head now, you need quicktime to view these. you also need javascript enabled. if you’re set up correctly and have the right protections for your PC in place, this isn’t an issue. if it is, sorry, you won’t be able to see these.
early morning thought…
things that are missed are missed only for the inaccurate belief they are necessary.
two years, not quite wasted, thankfully.
have you ever had an encounter that was both the worst and the best of your life?
Flash 9.x – gah! grrr!
figures. just when you get used to trusting something to work properly, it doesn’t.
Reintroducing the Buddhism Tag
Finally settled enough to get back to this, I suspect some of you may have thought I forgot. I never forget. Even when I should or wish I could/would. Anyway… the category is back and I’ll be slowly moving things into it over the coming week and mindfully using it going forward. No sense in any of you having to wade through more than you’d like. (smile) addendum: almost back to 2006, and will eventually update the entire blog. the count will climb. oi!
on knowledge
this, written quite extemporaneously, was complimented by someone. in reviewing it, it does seem i managed a moment of clarity. so, putting it here for myself as a reminder, as needed.