Forgiveness is tough. I don’t care what the bible says or what Jesus supposedly said. I don’t care what the Dalai Lama believes or what any self-stylized New Agey guru type teaches. Forgiveness is very tough. You need to cut yourself some slack here. Just because you should forgive or, and this may be more to the point, BELIEVE you should forgive ( Read more... )

When reading this selection from Pema's book, Start Where You Are, I was struck by this statement:  Joy is not about pleasure as opposed to pain or cheerfulness as opposed to sadness. Joy includes everything.

Last week I talked about how I struggled with certain buddhist teachers notions that happiness is not only a spiritual experience but a ( Read more... )