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Yearly Archives: 2014
Reading from Class: Persistence by Sharon Salzberg
“Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don’t give up after a mistake, when something doesn’t come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we’re not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.” – Sharon Salzberg This reading is from a greatContinue reading “Reading from Class: Persistence by Sharon Salzberg”
Reading from Class: The Power of Freedom (Presence) by B. K. S. Iyengar
“If there is anxiety in the body, the brain contracts. When the brain relaxes and empties itself, it lets go of its fears and desires. It dwells neither on the past, nor the future, but inhabits the present. Freedom is about dropping the shackles of fear and desire. When freedom comes, there is no anxiety,Continue reading “Reading from Class: The Power of Freedom (Presence) by B. K. S. Iyengar”
Playlist for Independence Day: End of June and Beginning of July 2014
This is mostly recycled from last year’s Independence Day-inspired playlist with a few changes.
Playlist for Spring Equinox: Most of June 2014
One of my new favorites is Gino Paoli’s upbeat version of his beautiful “Il cielo in una stanza.” I have re-played heavily for last few months, which inspired replay of Carla Bruni’s French and Italian cover. “Il cielo in una stanza” by Gino Paoli off The Starbucks Compilation “Arrivederci Italy”:
Reading from Class: Being Fully Present by Pema Chödrön
“It takes bravery to train in unconditional friendliness, it takes bravery to train in “suffering with,” it takes bravery to stay with pain when it arises, and not run or erect barriers… As we become intimate with these tendencies, they gradually become more transparent and we see that there’s actually space, there is unlimited, accommodatingContinue reading “Reading from Class: Being Fully Present by Pema Chödrön”
Reading from Class: Openness by Thomas Merton
From Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander: “The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In order to be open we have to renounce ourselves, in a sense we have to die to our image of ourselves, our autonomy, our fixationContinue reading “Reading from Class: Openness by Thomas Merton”
Reading from Class: Happiness by Noah Levine
“We are addicted to pleasure, in part because we confuse pleasure with happiness. We would all say that deep down, all we want is to be happy. Yet we don’t have a realistic understanding of what happiness really is. Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. TrueContinue reading “Reading from Class: Happiness by Noah Levine”
Playlist: May 10 – June 1
Reading from Class: True Happiness by Seneca
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach.”― Lucius Annaeus Seneca