Escape, Stabilize, Inspire Friends, The excerpt this week is from Agape minister Michael Beckwith’s 7/20/2022 Sunday talk entitled “Escape – Stabilize – Inspire.” “The theme of the month is “your ship is coming in.” It generally means that a big blessing is coming and that you are barraged by blessings all of the time, that…
Working With Loneliness Friends, The excerpt this week is from Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron, as posted by Lion’s Roar, entitled “Six Kinds of Loneliness.” “To be without a reference point is the ultimate loneliness. It is also called enlightenment…. How could we possibly have no reference point? To have no reference point would be to change…
Four Highest Emotions Friends, The excerpt this week is from an article in Lion’s Roar on cultivating loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity by Ayya Khema and excerpted from “Visible Here and Now: The Buddha’s Teachings on the Rewards of Spiritual Practice”, published by Shambhala Publications. “When we think of love, we have ideas that…