Up to Me

Buddhist nontheism teaches us that no one else is going to liberate us. We are each responsible for our own liberation. Thus, self-self-liberation first is most important because without self-self-liberation true compassion, the fuel to…

Huzzah!

Life would be much more exciting if each of us left a trail of “little sparks of appreciation” along our way.–David Dunn, Try Giving Yourself Away In August of 2021 I finished my fifth major…

One Thing Leads to Another

I shared the following on Facebook… I would like to pass on one little bit of advice I give to every one. Relax. Just relax. Be nice to each other. As you go through your…

Three Questions

Gregg Krech, Naikan: Gratitude, Grace,  and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection (Stone Bridge Press, 2001) I learned of Naikan through consulting the bibliography of Patricia Ryan Madson’s book, Improv Wisdom.  Therein, she cited books on…

Try Giving Yourself Away

Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. –Ralph Waldo Emerson In the late 1940s David Dunn wrote an article The reader response was overwhelming…