Wednesday was a really big day in the world. A good chunk of the world, non-Catholics and Catholics alike, stopped to see who the new pope was. This has been a popular topic among both religious and spiritual beings and atheists; I mean who knew a pope could retire, and although the pope’s jurisdiction only [...]
A good friend of mine was talking to me earlier this week about prayer and meditation I will be honest that Buddhism is not my one and only spiritual practice. I use Buddhism as part of the spiritual outlook but I don’t use it 24/7 as the one and only way to view the world. [...]
Knitting is as useful as a reminder that humbleness is as important as skill. Last fall I decided to go on a meditation retreat. I have some anxiety, and I have knit to calm my nerves, and took my knitting with me. This seemed like a simple idea, I would have something to go do [...]
In Buddhism there is this concept of Dharma which is the law of nature and of suffering. I was at a meditation retreat this past fall about confidence and compassion when one of the teachers of the group made a joke that we weren’t just talking about clear dharma that weekend we were also talking [...]
I decided to meditate before a play session earlier this month. I had a busy morning. I had some spiritual meetings to attend before I came back to being present for a play session, and since I was hyper-focused on everything going on, short of what I really should have been focusing on, I decided [...]
One of the paramitas, which really bridges Buddhism and Kink together smoothly, is a continuous self-conflict for me. Discipline, needed in almost any long-term commitment be it relationships or spirituality, has a general definition that can either be taken one of two ways. During my last training course when there was time for Q&A, I dropped a [...]
I recently had the experience of becoming friends with my fear. Fear can exist in many ways and in Buddhism, it is one of the key beliefs of meditation, and throughout your day, you have to sit with it. Not push it away, not try to block it out, but acknowledge that thoughts exist and [...]
Self-love and loving in Buddhism takes on various forms both mentally, emotionally, and physically. Recently Tantra has been a new popular sexual lifestyle which has incorporated not only fulfilling sexual urge but has opened new doors to sexual enlightenment towards others and towards self. Classes, workshops, and retreats have been created around this way of [...]
Earlier this week when I was at my local meditation center conversing with my meditation mentor about keeping up with at-home practice. For those who don’t know… ideally someone meditates in a specific room in their living habitat which is off-limits to sexual activities. My meditation mentor had suggested that I find a space to do [...]
Bodhisattva Warrior, which means attaining enlightenment but foregoing nirvana to help others, is a level of perfection that is far beyond my reaches and understanding to grasp. I view submission as working on imperfections but being accepted for who I am in the now. My submission rarely reaches perfection. There is always something I can work on; [...]