Tag Archives: Buddha

Vase or Faces: Is Life Fundamentally Easy; Difficult; or Both?

Posted on February 26, 2013 by John

. How do you view life—as something that fundamentally is supposed to be easy (which means that difficulty and hardship are aberrations)?  Or is life something that is essentially / fundamentally difficult and painful, a struggle (“life is suffering” said … Continue reading →

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Love, Impermanence, Uncertainty, Fear: Which Wins?

Posted on October 19, 2012 by John

. . I posted this over on one of my other blogs, but the topic is apropos here as well. . . . . The Buddha said: “Life is suffering.” Sickness, old age, death: these things cannot be avoided. But most … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Death, Denial, Love, Mental Health, Real Love, Thomas Merton, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

“What Love Is” – by Ayya Khema

Posted on April 12, 2012 by John

. I came across a quote/excerpt yesterday on another blog that I frequent and I wanted to know more about both the author of the quote/excerpt and the excerpt itself. In particular I wanted to see if I could find … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayya Khema, Conscious Love, Generosity, Gratitude, Intimate Relationships, Mature Love, Mental Health, Real Love, Spiritual Growth, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

The Relationship Between How We Think & How We Love

Posted on March 22, 2012 by John

. Or “Learning How to Think More Clearly In Order to Learn How to Love Better,” or “The Relationship Between How Clearly We Think & How Grateful and Appreciative We Are and How Well We Love” How we think—how clearly … Continue reading →

Posted in (CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Buddha, Conscious Love, Czeslaw Milosz, Dr Nicholas Jenner, Emotional Maturity, M. Scott Peck, Mature Love, Real Love, Self-Love, Truth, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

The Heart of Love: Who to Exclude & Why

Posted on March 8, 2012 by John

. . For those of us who are truly trying to grow spiritually, the question of “who am I to love and how?”—and its inverse, “who am I not to love or not to give my attention and care to … Continue reading →

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When It Comes to Love, We ALL Start Out As Beginners . . .

Posted on March 2, 2012 by John

When it comes to love, we all start out as beginners. It’s like picking up a tennis racquet for the first time. We may like to think that we already know how to hit the ball, and that with a … Continue reading →

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Falling in Love versus Being in Love and Genuinely Loving Another

Posted on January 12, 2011 by John

  Falling in Love versus Being in Love and Genuinely Loving Another The “in-love-ness” of romantic love is an inherently unstable and temporary experience. It does not represent a stable stage of consciousness—it does not represent an earned and more … Continue reading →

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Impermanence, Death, Love

Posted on December 16, 2010 by John

From an early age, I have known that life is brief, fleeting, impermanent. I have had these experiences, these overwhelming intimations, where everything around me becomes viscous, where it becomes hideously obvious that there is nothing to cling to here … Continue reading →

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Why did I start this blog? / Why do I write this blog?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by John

To my mind, writing this blog is an act of love—perhaps a very minor one, but an act of love nonetheless. Why? Because we are what we think. And so to think about love—to make it a practice daily to … Continue reading →

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