At the time of writing, at least 63 people have died, and nearly 3000 have been wounded in the Lebanese city of Beirut as a result of an enormous explosion earlier today. If you are able to, please donate to the Lebanese Red Cross here. There are a few cards I would associate with theContinueContinue reading “9. The Hermit: Not today, Facebook”
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8. Strength: Compassionate Action
Answers to yesterday’s riddles: I walk on four feet in the morning, two feet in the afternoon, and three feet in the evening, what am I? A human- crawls as a baby (morning), walks independently as an adult (afternoon), and walks with a stick in old age (evening). I have a mouth but do notContinueContinue reading “8. Strength: Compassionate Action”
7. The Chariot: Monkey Mind
I saw this great video featuring Mingyur Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhism teacher. He talks about the idea of monkey mind. In Chinese and Japanese, monkey mind (心猿) means restless, indecisive, uncontrollable, and as a concept it’s this idea that your mind jumps around from one idea to another, chattering and making it hard to focus.ContinueContinue reading “7. The Chariot: Monkey Mind”
Iona Grant 