don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jul 25, 2009, 11:07 pm
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jul 25, 2009, 11:07 pm
I have someone in my life, a child, who I love dearly. He's like a nephew, not a real blood relation, but I lived in the upstairs apartment of the house he grew up in, and I am friends with his parents. I held him in my arms when he was three days old -- a day I'll never forget. For years, this kid...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Mar 27, 2009, 9:52 am
The blurb below is from a teaching by Thubten Chodron, from a book called "Tara the Liberator." I find a chord of truth in it. I often find myself thinking, "Now, if I only had more clients and projects I'd be set." Or, I may think, "if the sun would only come out, I'd feel better, I'm sure." And t...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Mar 25, 2009, 9:00 am
March 25, 2009 Tricycle's Daily Dharma One Reason We Get Angry The trigger for much of our anger is frustrated expectation. We sometimes invest so much of ourselves in a project that when it doesn’t turn out as it should we become irate. All ‘shoulds’ point to an expectation, a prediction fo...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Mar 23, 2009, 7:54 pm
Being attached to something or someone feels good at times. But I've discovered that attachment is also very dangerous. I have a friend who has just come to me with some news about an old love she's reconnecting with from afar -- by phone and mail. They will meet later in the year, and he plans to s...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Mar 17, 2009, 9:24 pm
March 16, 2009 From Tricycle's Daily Dharma Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflo...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Feb 4, 2009, 8:29 pm
These days, it's tough to let go. It's hard to let go of the fear and uncertainty about the future. As a self-employed writer, at any given moment, I'm thinking about the future of my career, if and when more freelance assignments will start coming my way. I'm thinking about whether tomorrow the pho...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Mar 7, 2008, 11:20 am
This great little story is a good metaphor for taming the untamed mind -- through meditation. What was wild before As I left my daytime resting place on Vulture Peak, I saw an elephant come up on the riverbank after its bath. A man took a hook and said to the elephant, Give me your foot. The...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Mar 7, 2008, 11:20 am
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Feb 16, 2008, 8:44 am
Found this little gem about winter in New England in 1855, as observed by Henry David Thoreau. Reading it, I couldn't help think that no matter how things change, they stay the same...and vice-versa...if that makes sense. Here in northeastern US in 2008, mid-winter is a mixed affair of sun one day, ...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Feb 16, 2008, 8:44 am
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Nov 1, 2007, 12:04 pm
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Nov 1, 2007, 12:04 pm
Today, I will be. I will simply experience what is and refrain from judgment. I will be...and observe all else fall away.Wake up, man.
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Oct 29, 2007, 8:53 am
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Oct 29, 2007, 8:53 am
From Tricycle Magazine's "The Daily Dharma" October 29, 2007 Our Minds are Used to Thinking Our minds are used to thinking, but when we want to become calm and peaceful that is exactly what we have to stop doing. It is easier said than done, because the mind will continue to do what it is...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Oct 25, 2007, 9:20 am
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jul 23, 2007, 6:51 am
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jul 9, 2007, 9:39 am
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jun 26, 2007, 7:35 am
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jun 9, 2007, 6:52 am
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