The Right View in Myanmar
As a practicing Buddhist, it is horrifying to witness the legions of Buddhists in Myanmar targeting the predominantly Muslim RohingyaContinue Reading
Category: Spirituality
The Long-Awaited Goodbye
Subtle are the cracks they excavate in consciousness – to sabotage a mind; the breach widens with every daunting twistContinue Reading
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Ho! Ho! Hold Your “Holiday Cups”!
It’s that time of year again. Christmas. I’ve never been keen on the consumerist, golden-calf worship that typifies much ofContinue Reading
Remember to Laugh, Otherwise it’s Ashes to Ashes
Despite my struggle to exercise ideological forbearance in his life, my son sees certain things critically in his own right. I am relieved; he’s already destined not to be a cultural dupe, but has his own mind as to why he’s unconvinced, a doubt that is more rooted in inquisitiveness than stridency. It makes me beam with pride.
My Name is Edmund, and I Am a Very, Very Bad Man Who Loves Bacon
My name is Edmund K Saunders, and I love bacon. There, I said it. Now I can dispense with allContinue Reading
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So, ‘What do you do’, to Improve This Conversation?
It’s the time of year where obligation drags us to parties we could easily have blown off in April. It’sContinue Reading
Ambling Mind, Meet Full Moon
This morning I sat on my zafu cushion, pretending to cultivate bliss in quiet meditation. It is the ruse IContinue Reading
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Those Little Hands
In my twenties I was extremely disparaging of children. I viewed them as loud, selfish, obnoxious, energy-draining parasites. I’d cast aspersionsContinue Reading
Let’s Not Spell Away the Soldiers and The Fright, Let’s End the Violence in the Fight
Any glance at the daily media easily attests to how attached humanity is to the use of violence to solveContinue Reading
Remember These Open Arms As You Grow Old, My Sons
I was sitting in a coffee shop the other morning when I was swept away by the blissful energy ofContinue Reading
174 and 1/2 Steps To Be Thin, Happy, and an All-Around Amazing Human Being in Under Two Minutes
Okay, the title is a little dishonest. In reality, I’m not going to give you any finite number of simpleContinue Reading
This is My Yoga
I am eternally grateful for the practice. Grateful to be here in one whole piece and not fragmented and feeling pulled in so many different directions by life. I am grateful to be capable of gratitude at all, instead of filled with cynicism. So, I’d like to share the insights I’ve had in my yoga practice with the hope if you’re struggling to find some peace of mind you will start down the path to changing that for yourself. Or, if you’re looking to be grateful for something when it seems like your habit is to be agitated or filled with dissatisfaction or ill-will, here’s something that may help with that. Maybe there’s some appeal in my experiences of yoga that encourage you to take actions to move beyond whatever it is within yourself that stands in the way of your joy and equanimity.
Treading in the Deep
Originally written November 2012 The separation was almost a year ago, long enough to feel acceptance of where things haveContinue Reading
Inner Peace. Who Wants a Piece?
In my early-thirties I became increasingly curious about spirituality and other practices that appeared to offer the promise of calmContinue Reading
Life: A Drama Worth Celebrating
It is easy to get swallowed up in the drama of our own lives, especially when you’ve suffered a seriesContinue Reading
