Living in Time
We may have noticed that we only experience what is already past, since it takes time for sensations and perceptions to be recognized, identified...
Tag: time
Taking Comfort Where We Can
The wind is tossing the tree branches outside my window. I don’t have to stir from my couch to welcome them into my world–as...
Flying Freely
“Do your thoughts fly freely? If not, the regime of mind holds you in its grip.” —Gesture of Great Love, Tarthang Tulku, page 24....
This Time Around
I like to think that it’s possible to carry along what we have learned from previous explorations so that, as we shift into new...
When Two or More Gather
I’m on the outside looking in when it comes to practicing any religious orthodoxy. I suppose I picked that up from my mother, who...
Waving to the Bullet Train
It’s not every day that I learn something new; even less often do I understand something familiar in a fresh way. But a few...
A Tooth for a Tooth
If I could access memories of other lifetimes, would I recognize possibilities that are slipping by unnoticed in this one? Does George Santayana’s maxim—...
A Circling Bird
This morning, it feels like an idle boast to claim that I move backwards in time, as I claimed in my previous post. When...
Destination Unknown
There is something about long journeys to new places; the memories always stay with us. As well as the Amtrak trips I have taken...
Fast and Slow, Close and Far
I keep being surprised when paying attention to the small stuff sharpens my appreciation for larger and more abiding concerns, including the way I...