What do we mean, exactly, when we say a thing is “by” someone? Yes, we are attributing the thing’s creation to that someone. But how is something just by us when it is based on all the input and teachings… (READ MORE)
Dear Friends, I hope you are thriving to the greatest extent possible under your current circumstances in this outrageous Spring and weathering (pun intended) the wild fluctuations between apparent late winter and seemingly already mid-summer. My garden has been uncertain… (READ MORE)
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Sprout brown lentils for 2-3 days and use while just showing sprouts. Cook one or more types of whole grain rice (here a mixture of red and brown rice) (I like to use a rice cooker). Let rice cool. Mix… (READ MORE)
Last week I took a lovely all-levels yoga class where the emphasis was on fully engaging in the practice rather than striving to achieve a particular outward notion of what the poses should look like. Near the beginning of the… (READ MORE)
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
We need protection from the sun as much as we need the sun. The yogi philosophers could perhaps point to this pair of opposing forces/needs as an example of the elemental pulsation of opposites (spanda) that is universal to all… (READ MORE)
Fascinating video about Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi.
The great texts and teachers of meditation exhort us to look within with the promise that by so doing we will find great peace or bliss or splendor. For many, though, initial attempts at meditation are just as likely to… (READ MORE)
I prefer the exhortations: be careful, be mindful, pay attention. It is good to heed what is around us, being open to the optimal next step on the unfolding path. But if we get too wary or fearful, if we… (READ MORE)