Finding Centre - More than Mindfulness

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Space cannot be grasped. It cannot be seen, heard, tasted or touched. Yet everything is space. We are space. This is why people like His Holiness the Dalai Lama are very fascinated by quantum physics, especially the fact that nothing is independent from its own side. Everything is interdependent. One time His Holiness the Dalai Lama met a Quantum Physicist, who said to him, "when they discuss these matters, I just don’t understand how you can know this without machines." And His Holiness said, "I don’t know how you understand this without meditation."

- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Photo: Jetsunma offering a khata to H. H. the Dalai Lama, 2013.

From Tony Hoagland's book, Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty.

Going gently into the New Year.

There are many ways to rest. My wish for everyone this holiday season is that, in your own way, you can mindfully, purposefully, REST.

Rest in your bed. Rest in the sensation of warm sand under your feet while you walk on the beach. Rest in the delight of a decadent piece of cake on Christmas day. Rest in poetry that speaks to your soul. Rest in a shared laugh with someone you love, or the feel of the softest fur against your skin while you bury your face in the belly of your furry friend.

Just Rest. And in resting, renew.

Getting Radical with Compassion: how to stay mindful over the holiday season Another blog from the past - this one offering a few ways to stay true to yourself over what is often a tricky time of year. As I reflect on this post in it's original 2017 form, I would like to acknowledge how much we have all been through individually and globally since then - not just the pandemi...