Tottering in Emptiness.
Sitting one morning recently, watching my breath, watching thoughts and feelings, something occurred to me: that when I die, I’ll be leaving more emptiness...
Tag: Balance
Imbalance: an Inner Disharmony
My work environments for several decades have been places where there were more women than men. Sometimes this has been remarkably one-sided. True, I’m...
Penelope’s Spinning Wheels
One of the oddest images in Homer’s “Odyssey” is of Odysseus’ incredibly faithful wife weaving all day and unravelling each night, a garment which...
Why a Bird has two Wings
The phrase (“Wisdom and Compassion are like the two wings of a bird”) expresses an important message for our fragmented times. This Buddhist saying...
Balancing on a Slowly Sinking Fulcrum
I expect that the tug-of-war I often feel—between inner and outer calls for me to be involved in something—is a common one. There is...
Bridges Made of Dream
Lying in bed, I realized that I was either just waking up or still inside some kind of dream. In the dream–let’s call it...
Balance is a Movement in Space and Time
Discovering a healthy balance in how we feel and act seems to be an on-going challenge. As soon as we think we have found...