The Four Immeasurables
This morning a phrase came back to me while I was sitting for my morning 30 minutes, in what I call meditation but which...
Category: Companions in Time
Still a Canadian
I’d rather reread “Wind in the Willows” (Kenneth Grahame, 1908) than “Animal Farm”. I especially enjoyed the illustrated children’s version, which I read many...
Knowing Grief
“In the Lakota/Sioux tradition, a person who is grieving is considered most waken, most holy. There’s a sense that when someone is struck by...
A Pain in the Neck
What causes an old memory to return, like Little Bo Peep’s sheep or like a painted horse spinning off a carousel we are surprised...
Travelling Light
It seems that we are often in the grip of opposing tendencies and easily err on one side or the other. For instance: gravity...
A Bird on the Wing
I always took Kafka’s phrase, “A bird went in search of a cage,” as referring to the human tendency to feel anxious with too...
It’s a Dog’s Life
When I was a kid, probably not yet a teenager, I used to walk around our residential neighborhood. I wish I could remember the...
We are not alone
In “The Wizard of Oz”, we may have our favorite character, but if you’re like me you can find a bit of yourself in...
Be the Spider
When Phil (in “Groundhog Day”) tells Rita, “Be the hat” he has already shared with her that he is waking up every morning to...
Cells Unite
I’m just one cell, reporting in from the field. Things are quiet for the moment, but the rumblings of animosity between various factions seems...