Category: Saint Louis Mindfulness Sangha
We Inter-Continue
I continue in you You continue in me Maybe you will influence life In northwest China in 15 years Maybe I will influence life In southern Nigeria in 22 years We are the continuation of…
Mindfulness Has Genius, Power, and Magic in It
At this morning’s discussion of Thay’s The Art of Communicating, Madalyn spoke about how she notices more interconnections the more she practices mindfulness. This reminded me of the following reflection from W. H. Murray, which I’ve adapted: Until…
Share the Wealth with Madalyn: My Struggle with Mental Illness, Recovery, and Stigma: A Coming out Story
Psychosis is often glamorized in popular culture, but for those who have experienced it it’s anything but. Madalyn will share a personal experience of how it feels to be treated as a patient experiencing psychosis…
With the Sangha
Yesterday Brian, Melissa, Katie and I met in my home for our sangha’s second Saturday of the month meditation. We listened to a talk Thich Nhat Hanh gave 30 years ago, in which he advocated…
Awakening to the Reality of Suffering in the World
Dear Friends, The original 4th precept of the Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing reads, “Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of…
Chris
Some people are able to focus, laser-like, on one thing—athletes, musicians, scientists. For Chris Wallach, it’s mindfulness. It’s a gift. It’s a talent she’s deliberately cultivated over the last several years. It’s a whole set…
“Don’t Be Frivolous”
This morning at sangha at Sophia House, we distributed at random lojong slogan cards and reflected on ones we received. One of mine was #58, Don’t be frivolous,” which reminds me of the following recollection…
Your True Names
for Chris Wallach
Reflections for Today’s Sangha Meditation
If we meditate on and develop compassion—the wish that all others be without suffering—we hold within us the essence of all other Dharma practices. We should unhesitatingly give ourselves to any beneficial task, no matter…