bit of pema wisdom for my work night.

We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help
others in order to work on ourselves.
                   ~Pema Chodron

Disappointment, embarrassment, and all the places where we cannot feel good are a sort of death. We've just lost our ground completely; we are unable to hold it together and feel that we're on top of things. Rather than realizing that it takes death for their to be birth, we just fight against the fear of death. Reaching our limit is not some kind ( Read more... )

It's times like these I wish I had tv.
If anyone thinks to tape this I would be very grateful!

Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason
Pema Chödrön
Friday, August 4 on PBS - KLRU at 8:00 pm (repeated Sunday, August 6 at 5:00 pm and Thursday, August 10 at 4:00am)

Why does an ancient Eastern spiritual practice appeal to workaholic, frenetic,emailing, fast-talking ( Read more... )