a blog by John P. Schuster
Have compassion for everyone you meet … You do not know what wars are going on down there, where the spirit meets the bone. Lucinda Williams Summary: All the practices urge us to attend here to our mental and heart practices intensely, with vigilance, and way past what is seen as normal, or even reasonable. Our heart training, the giving and receiving of love in all its forms, is usually mixed at best. Parents and[…]
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We got our kids presents this year again. We may be helping them apply for college or get to practices so they can keep advancing their sports performance. Let me ask you a question. Did you spend much time over the holiday helping them go deeper into the mystery of life and this season? Oughtn’t we put life’s mystery and meaning above cool presents and better times? So much mystery is in the air around[…]
Read moreLoving activism has a neurological base. I was in the audience for a set of short lectures by notable personalities earlier this year, the ones that end up on YouTube: Krista Tippet, George W Bush, The Dalai Lama, and Mahatma Gandhi. They all gave good talks and I liked Gandhi’s the most. (Well, ok, this only happened in my mind. But I do think if Gandhi gave a mini-lecture today it would sound something like[…]
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There is another world and it is this one. Paul Eluard Summary: a small step, but a powerful shift in where we put our attention, is available to us at all times. By practicing this step often during the day, especially as we go about our daily tasks, our awareness broadens, our mindsets are more flexible and resourceful. This shift enables us to live increasing blocks of our days, however busy, with more awareness and[…]
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Thich Nhat Hanh is the ultimate team builder and he lives with an emotional intelligence that most leaders need more of. If you have not seen his name alongside Jamie Diamond, Mark Cuban and that Tesla guy– Elon is it?—Thich Nhat Hanh is a much respected Eastern spiritual teacher, second to the Dalia Lama for recognizability in the West. He is referred to in many a circle of mindfulness practitioners. He is Vietnamese, has sold[…]
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