Some tips and treasures on playing Rise of Kingdoms
Peace of mind by “letting go”
We lost Sheepy in the last row of our airplane to New York. To Lola, Sheepy felt like oxygen, food, water, safety, love and peace. To most everyone else, Sheepy was a ragged cloth with a pink nose and two black ceramic eyes. Gray and white abrasions covered the black beads, evidence of time well […]
Irony defined
Irony is when your unrequited first crush (from 7th grade) grows up to write a book titled: “You Know He’s a Keeper, You Know He’s a Loser: Happy Endings and Horror Stories from Real-Life Relationships.” I’m not kidding. Really. This is true. Gratitude is learning that my story did not rate making it into the […]
Kill the Buddha
Can you recall the last time you went into a situation like a baby, having an empty mind, no preconceptions, no thought of knowing about what awaits you? Most people cannot recall such a time. When we confront something thinking we already know about it, we are not near as open to learning. Shunyru Suzuki, […]
Surfing emotions
Emotions are like waves. You can’t stop them from coming, but you can decide whether to surf the waves or drown in them. Rabbi David Bassous has great wisdom and a wondrous talent for summarizing the wisdom of others. With some of my own adaptation, he has spoken of emotions, particularly anger, as follows: Do […]
Prediction: Women will be topless soon.
Why not? When Adam and Eve were given fig leaves, I don’t recall either one being told they had to wear a top. Besides, its not like women will be topless everywhere. Men aren’t. You will probably not see topless women walking around the supermarket anymore than you would see topless men. Then again, maybe […]
Take an uncertainty tour.
In order to know anything with certainty, we first have to doubt everything we know. Descartes The most annoying phrase in the history of language is “I know.”
Another year. It sounds so futurey.
I am the same person I was last year but this year is new. Maybe I will speak with a puppet voice when I am alone in the morning or wear new lenses in my glasses and not tell anyone, not even you. Or maybe I will throw a new canvas on the lawn […]
Mindfulness and Muraqabah
I recently was given a meaningful article written by Justin Parrot. The following is just an excerpt. Read the rest here. As you read, if you do not identify with Allah, substitute the word “God” or “divinity” or whatever other term allows you to see the meaning here. In the Islamic context, mindfulness is the […]