Index of Journal Entries
September 2009 (2)- 10: Dry Spells
- 01: I Wish I Knew
- 27: Giving to the Current
- 14: Breaking Out of Samsara (0)
- 12: Love and Laundry (0)
- 10: Authentic Opening (0)
- 05: Like Your Heartbeat (0)
- 27: What Gives Me Courage (0)
- 18: The Beautiful Now (0)
- 10: Hanging on Every Word (0)
- 09: Sitting Down with a Good Book, You (0)
- 08: Nothing to Protect (0)
- 06: Being a Cat, Becoming a Dog (0)
- 04: Shut Up Already (0)
- 29: You Ain’t Heavy (0)
- 26: Receiving with Love (0)
- 22: Little O’ Me (0)
- 19: Staying Positive Using Dream Logic (0)
- 17: Green Shoots, Yellow Weeds, and Four Leaf Clovers (0)
- 15: Calling Forth Compassion (0)
- 11: Simple Solutions (0)
- 09: Mixing It Up (0)
- 08: Being the Presence (0)
- 07: Loving and Wanting to Be Loved (0)
- 01: Build-A-Bear (0)
- 29: When the Rose is Gone (0)
- 27: Sharing Perfect Moments (0)
- 26: A Paradigm Shift from Control to Love (0)
- 24: Row Your Boat (0)
- 23: I’m Listening (0)
- 21: The Easy Choice (0)
- 16: Our Song (0)
- 14: Believing in Love (0)
- 12: “Isn’t It Amazing When Things Just Work” (0)
- 12: Wells Within Your Heart (0)
- 11: Who are You? (0)
- 07: The Companion (0)
- 06: The Crazy Compass (0)
- 05: True Friendship (0)
- 05: It Felt Love (0)
- 03: Shards of Amethyst (0)
- 30: Falling Like Rain (0)
- 28: Hell (0)
- 25: Whispers of Life (0)
- 24: Message from Your Heart (0)
- 24: “Spring Giddiness,” by Rumi (0)
- 23: Searching for Treasure (0)
- 23: Contact Improvisation, the Dance of Relationship (0)
- 22: Ten Things to Be Happy About in the Dark (0)
- 21: Crossing the Desert and Finding Water (0)
- 18: Rebirth of Venus (0)
- 18: Zen Birthday (0)
- 17: The Heart Has Plans (0)
- 16: In the Past (0)
- 15: Rainbow (0)
- 13: A Careful, Conscious Trek through Grief (0)
- 13: The Perfect Petal (0)
- 07: Other Worlds (0)
- 06: Honoring the Threads (0)
- 05: To Hell and Back (0)
- 02: Subtleties of Devotion (0)
- 31: Long Ears (0)
- 31: The Sublime Desert (0)
- 30: Which Way to Fly (0)
- 19: Giving (0)
- 18: Beauty of the Open Ended Communique (0)
- 10: Love, Form and Emptiness (0)
- 06: Fumbling with Humbling (0)
- 04: Love and Logic (0)
- 03: Some Qualms with Buddhism (0)
- 01: Love… Body, Mind and Soul (0)
- 26: Paradoxes of Friendship (0)
- 23: The Zen of Gift Giving (0)
- 22: Perfect, Little Spider (0)
- 21: Compassion vs. Pity (0)
- 20: And What Does the Butterfly Turn Into? (0)
- 18: A New Head for My New Heart (0)
- 17: Stepping Through the Guardian of Forever (0)
- 16: Why Do I Meditate? (0)
- 09: Head and Heart in the Perception of “Other” (0)
- 05: For Now (0)
- 04: Serious Angel (0)
- 02: In Love with the Sacred (0)
- 02: Courage to Be Afraid (0)
- 10: On Retreat (0)
- 10: Far Away Suffering (0)
- 07: Just Keep Loving (0)
- 05: Sending Out Love Hearts (0)
- 04: Wisdom Feasting (0)
- 02: Love and Impermanence (0)
- 26: Leaving the Wrecking Ball Behind (0)
- 20: Fall in Love
- 18: Winter Love Poem (0)
- 17: Becoming (0)
- 15: My Own Light (0)
- 14: A Gentle Dissolve (0)
- 12: Breaking Open (0)
- 10: In the Bardo (0)
- 07: The Moon, the Sweetest Gift (0)
- 05: The Broken Heart (0)
- 03: Validation (0)
- 30: Inchworm Romance (0)
- 30: Reverence for the Feminine (0)
- 28: On Joy and Sorrow (0)
- 26: Returning to the Beat (0)
- 24: Believing in Harvest (0)
- 24: Winter Meditation (0)
- 22: Two Candles (0)
- 18: Offering Hopes to the Emptiness (0)
- 12: Feelings and Culture (0)
- 10: Zen Giggling (0)
- 06: Closing All Channels (0)
- 05: Self, Other, and Impermanence (0)
- 04: Wearing the Psychic Hat (0)
- 03: Unconditioned Love (0)
- 30: Evolution of an Emotion, Disappointment (0)
- 28: Bridging Self and Other (0)
- 26: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (0)
- 26: Being Loved, Feeling Loved (0)
- 26: Reaching the End (0)
- 22: Coming Together (0)
- 21: The Courage of Love (0)
- 16: Why Bliss Fades (0)
- 14: Deva Primal and Kirtan (0)
- 08: Outcome Calculus (0)
- 08: Down With Words! (0)
- 07: Giving Happiness By Taking It (0)
- 04: Random Experiences from Gallery Night (0)
- 26: Nerves of Steel (0)
- 25: Coming to Value My Self-Assuredness (0)
- 23: Waking Dreams (0)
- 21: Is This Going to Hurt? (0)
- 19: Grieving (0)
- 18: The Brain is Even More Mistaken (0)
- 15: Silent Lucidity (0)
- 14: Bee and Flower (0)
- 14: The Wisdom of Impatience (0)
- 10: Emptying My Cup and Making Space for Active Giving (0)
- 01: Doubt as Looking with Bare Attention (0)
- 01: What You Need vs. What You Want (0)
- 31: Stillness in Concept (0)
- 28: Sun Come Out (0)
- 25: You Must Become Angry (0)
- 21: Disconnection (0)
- 18: In God’s Stomach (0)
- 17: We are Like a Flame, a Fluid (0)
- 17: Instant Silence, What Is and What Is Not (0)
- 13: Communing with Nature, Universal Mind (0)
- 10: Water Dreams and Healing Time (0)
- 03: Shinga Moyo! (0)
- 28: Open Heart, a Leap of Faith (0)
- 20: The Frenzy of Loneliness and Social Junkfood (0)
- 19: Hopeless Romantic (0)
- 12: This is the Universe Giving You What You Want (0)
- 04: Through the Portal: My New Life (0)
- 06: One and Apart (0)
- 04: Looking for Imperfection (0)
- 02: Compassion Meditation Sans Ego (0)
- 01: And New Wheels (0)
- 28: I Got My Dream House! (0)
- 27: All is Well (0)
- 26: Endurance (0)
- 24: Meditation… Thank You (0)
- 21: Right Brain Bliss (0)
- 21: Destruction and Transformation (0)
- 19: Tattered Lottery Ticket (0)
- 19: On Peace and Daydreams (0)
- 18: A Sparkle Shy of Awe (0)
- 15: House of My Precognitive Dreams (0)
- 13: In Your Attention (0)
- 13: Trepidation on the Road Less Traveled (0)
- 10: There is No Hole (0)
- 10: Should Mothers Be Happy? (0)
- 08: In the Open Heart (0)
- 07: Notes on an Ongoing Blissful State (0)
- 02: Luminous and Divorcing (0)
- 30: Antidote for Despair and the Waiting Giraffe (0)
- 24: Moving Towards Fulfillment (0)
- 24: Staying Married (0)
- 22: Feeling Fine (0)
- 18: Choose Your Own Adventure (0)
- 15: Compassion for the Compassionate (0)
- 11: Put the Needle on the Record (0)
- 09: The Disillusioned Magician (0)
- 09: Home Life (0)
- 06: Counting on Failure (0)
- 01: Permission to Hope (0)
- 30: Braving the Next Moment (0)
- 30: Embracing Unenlightenment (0)
- 24: Social Anxiety and Social Warmth: Can the Two Coexist? (0)
- 13: Faux Selflessness (0)
- 12: When Disillusioned (0)
- 07: No Secret: The Law of Distraction (0)
- 04: The Essence of Wrong (0)
- 04: Trust (0)
- 03: One (0)
- 25: Hell is a Pile of Clothes in the Dark (0)
- 20: Flight is My Art (0)
- 19: Dream (0)
- 14: Repeating Old Patterns (0)
- 11: Hopelessness Done Properly (0)
- 09: Between Hope and Fantasy (0)
- 08: Imagine (0)
- 07: Is Hope Dangerous? (0)
- 06: Hope, a Look Into Eternity (0)
- 06: The Need to Feel Heard (0)
- 01: Lily of the Field (0)
- 27: Out in the Cold (0)
- 25: Pursuing an Ideal (0)
- 17: My Mala (0)
- 07: Life (0)
- 02: Not Quite Perfect (0)
- 24: Homing In, Being There, Fixing Nothing (0)
- 14: The Road Less Traveled (0)
- 13: Hawaiian Lullabyes (0)
- 28: Rumi on Finding Love (0)
- 26: Yikes, I’m Here Now (0)
- 12: Helen Keller on Hope, Joy, and Love (0)
- 07: Underestimating the Size of My Hammer (0)
- 06: Reversing a Bad Bad Day (0)
- 23: Side Effect: Doom and Gloom (0)
- 21: The Prison of the Self: Thought Experiments (0)
- 20: Cartoon: Cat Trying to Wake Sleepy Head (0)
- 20: Free Hugs Campaign (0)
- 20: Intimacy and Risk II (0)
- 18: Intimacy and Risk (0)
- 17: Tapestry (0)
- 14: Imperfection (0)
- 14: A Thought on Self and Aloneness (0)
- 09: The Anxiety of Rejection (0)
- 09: Unconditional Friendship (0)
- 01: What Self Does the Thinking? (0)
- 29: Data Intervals and Emotional Stability (0)
- 25: Reflect Others with Grace (0)
- 21: Rock Wall (0)
- 21: Parable of the Grass Seed (0)
- 21: A Door is Just a Piece of Wood (0)
- 15: Touched By What Was (0)
- 14: The Wooden Bowl (0)
- 12: Not Working Hard Enough? (0)
- 11: Relationships Are Your Canvas, Paint for the Joy of It (0)
- 01: Do Unto Your Self (0)
- 01: Karma Snake (0)
- 29: The Courage to Come First (0)
- 15: Emotion #67 (0)
- 15: Low Self-Esteem Impairs Social Information Processing (0)
- 06: Perception is Creation (0)
- 05: Desire and Expansion (0)
- 01: Not From Concentrate (0)
- 25: The Stone (0)
- 25: Miss Understood (0)
- 21: Water Love (0)
- 28: A Barrel of Wine, But No Cups (0)
- 12: The Patterns of People (0)
- 12: Love is Naturally Unconditional (0)
- 10: The Self Across Multiple Brains? (1)
- 08: Between Resistance and Clinging (0)
- 07: Connection During Disconnection (2)
- 05: Blind Hope (0)
- 27: Calculus of Compassion (0)
- 16: “Love Dogs,” Poem by Rumi (0)
- 16: The Looking Glass Self (1)
- 15: Love Anyway (0)
- 13: The Universe, Master Story Teller (1)
- 13: Compassion Happens When You Understand It’s Not You (0)
- 12: Selfish Preoccupation (1)
- 07: A Trick to Letting Go (0)
- 06: The Benefit of the Doubt (0)
- 04: What Counts as Mental Illness (1)
- 02: Judging and Being Judged (0)
- 01: Quantity vs. Quality in Friendship (0)
- 29: Letting Go of Expectations (1)
- 29: Meditation and Listening (0)
- 29: Empty Handed or Empty Hearted (0)
- 29: Approach and Withdrawal: A False Dichotomy? (0)
- 26: Fear Does Not Necessarily Mean Stop (0)
- 24: My Song For You (0)
- 22: Different Metaphors for Confiding in Friends (0)
- 20: “EMDR Treatment: Less Than Meets the Eye” (0)
- 17: The Farmer’s Donkey (0)
- 16: Self and Other (my attempt at a Buddhist fairy tale) (0)
- 16: A Different Kind of Pain Tolerance (0)
- 14: Brief Review of Meditation (0)
- 13: Memories of Unbroken Promises (0)
- 11: Resentment, the Marriage Guillotine (0)
- 10: Tale of the Pretty Girl and the Ugly Girl (0)
- 09: Degrees of Freedom: Beautiful Separateness (0)
- 08: The Sum of Your Days (0)
- 06: Being of Service vs. Being a Servant (0)
- 05: Abnormal Feelings Just a Matter of Time (2)
- 05: Gratitude, A Thought Experiment (0)
- 31: The Essence of Things and Our Limited Senses (0)
- 30: On Love and Self-Sacrifice (0)
- 29: Prayers as Gifts (0)
- 29: Painless Frustration (0)
- 21: Love Meditation #2: Listening to the Need (0)
- 21: More Rumi (0)
- 21: Love Beneath Hurt (0)
- 21: Harsh Words (0)
- 21: Always Home (0)
- 18: The Optical Delusion (0)
- 17: Love With No Object (0)
- 15: Resting with Imperfect Intention (0)
- 14: There is No Timeline (0)
- 14: Have Unrealistic Expectations! (1)
- 14: Celebrating Womyn (0)
- 13: Traversing the Icy Waters (0)
- 11: Frustrated Compassion (0)
- 22: “Be a light unto yourself” (0)
- 22: Dizziness and the Status Quo (1)
- 21: Becoming All Egos (0)
- 16: Emptiness and Receptivity, Loving with Loneliness (0)
- 13: Selfishness vs. Having Compassion for Yourself (0)
- 12: Emotions as Brain Chemical Addictions (0)
- 23: People, People Everywhere and Not a Friend in Sight (0)
- 23: Observing Absence (0)
- 20: Optimist Meets Pessimist (0)
- 30: Hanging Over the Abyss (0)
- 29: Quotes on Fear and Anxiety (0)
- 22: Kids of Divorce Thrive Too (0)
- 20: The Broken Pot (0)
- 15: Love Cannot Die: Poem by Algernon Black (0)
- 01: Finding Beauty in Ugly Realities (0)
- 25: Who You Love (0)
- 25: Flying First Class (0)
- 15: Another Perspective on Adoption (0)
- 01: A Teacher’s Lesson (0)
- 01: The Gift (0)
- 20: Finding Meaning, A Path to Joy (0)