(1 of 6 Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots of the Mind) What color is your rage? What is the texture of your hate? Oil or tar? Bur or thorn?And what animal form might it take? Describe the aftermath of your wildest revenge fantasy?How might compassion creep onto the scene? What is the texture of your compassion?AndContinue reading “January 10th, 2021: Love/Hate”
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January 3rd, 2021: Contentment
(Santosha) Make a packing list of everything you’ll need for today. Just for today. Remember clean underwear, says your mother. Remember the memory of your dog that died 3 years ago.Don’t forget weak ties and stranger’s smiles,the frozen grass that sinks slowly under your weight with each step,the waning moon. Do you need to bringContinue reading “January 3rd, 2021: Contentment”
December 27th, 2020: Corpse Pose (Death/Rebirth)
(Savasana) “Now I lay me down to sleep […]”If you should die before you wake, what would you name your greatest lesson-learned?What form would it take: animal, vegetable, mineral? Where will you have left it?Did you shove it in the back of your sock drawer?Lock it in the shed in the backyard?Arrange it in aContinue reading “December 27th, 2020: Corpse Pose (Death/Rebirth)”
