Blog Entries tagged 'Buddhist'

Timelessness

kiva@themindfulword.org — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0100

After spending the summer living and working at the Shambhala Mountain Center I didn’t get a chance to return for three months after I left. Quite longer than I would have liked. As the home of the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya monument, the Center carries a special significance unlike most other Buddhist sacred spots in the western hemisphere. Upon returning in November I immediately felt that familiar sacred energy that this blessed place holds. Though the numerous deer and other wild [...]

Reclaiming God

kiva@themindfulword.org — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:00:00 +0100

My disillusionment with the Catholic Church set in as a child and culminated when I stopped going to church as a teen. The Church posed a number of problems in my mind, but I especially developed an aversion to anything God. The image of a gray-bearded father figure looking down from up above just didn’t work for me. Despite trying, I could not reconcile the dependency that this separateness evoked. I was a disempowered soul, trapped in a victim state. And I was far from being alone [...]

Christmas 2007

kiva@themindfulword.org — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:00:00 +0100

Thich Nhat Hanh regularly reminds his students to not abandon their original spiritual tradition in favour of his mindfulness practice. Upon first hearing this I questioned the validity of the statement. Why would I still need my born-into religion of Roman Catholicism when I’ve found something that works for me? Recently I’ve really come to appreciate the wisdom of Thay’s teachings. At one time the many problems I had with the Church prevented me from relating to it at [...]