Wisdom of no escape…

While listening to a talk given by Pema Chodron, I was reminded of the perspective provided in the Wisdom of no escape. Pema Chodron has written a book on this very topic, which was also a topic of discussion by her root teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The Wisdom of...

Learning from fear…

We have all experienced fear at some point in our lives. For some, fear is a daily experience arising out of strong emotions. Fear is not rational; it is based in the emotional realm of being. At times, fear has value in that it prevents us from becoming injured....

Anger…

All of us have experienced anger in our lives at one time or another. As children we react to things quickly when we don’t get what we want. In our development, we learn to manage our anger to deal with the intense emotions in a way that gets our feelings out, without...

Judgement and compassion…

Each moment of life is full of the unexpected. We don’t know from one moment to the next what will happen, how we will respond or what will be presented for us to journey. One moment we are the teacher and the next the student. Impermanence is the dance. I was...

Reacting…

Events occur in our life continuously moment-to-moment. Some of these events cause no reaction within us. There is no charge to them and we are indifferent. Other events occur and we have an instant reaction. Our blood pressure increases, we may physically tighten up,...