Meditation

Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know…nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. Maybe the only enemy is that

The Magnanimous Wisdom of Pema Chödrön  “We are at a time when old systems and ideas are being questioned and falling apart, and there is a great opportunity for something fresh to emerge. I have no idea what that will look like and no preconceptions about how things should turn out, but I do have

Pema Chodron: “Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that’s all that’s happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of

Holy Wisdom and Prayer There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, A shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond all grief which leads to joy, And a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength. There is a hollow space too vast for words, Through which we pass