by nelle | Dec 18, 2020 | Addiction, Buddhist Teaching, Healing, Self-Compassion
The Hungry Ghost begins to lose its power when met with compassion. – Tara Brach I have seen the Hungry Ghost. It has knocked on my door, disheveled and distant, speaking in unintelligible tongues. I have felt the Hungry Ghost lurking in my heart, crouching there...
by nelle | Nov 22, 2020 | Healing, Self-Compassion, The Unkown
We are all experiencing so many different emotions from moment to moment as we continue on this marathon amid the pandemic. For me days are filled with deep gratitude for what is going right and for every comfort that is still in my life. Other days feel more bereft...
by nelle | Jul 10, 2020 | Cancer, Healing, Self-Compassion, The Unkown
I came across an old journal the other day, looking for the spell I remember casting over ten years ago to find my perfect mate. Wouldn’t it be fun to write a new one and dig out the old one and see how they compare fifteen plus years apart? What I couldn’t find is...
by nelle | May 1, 2020 | Self-Compassion
In Buddhist teaching humans (can) experience two arrows when something perceived as bad happens. The first arrow is the experience itself, the part we cannot change. The second arrow is our reaction to the experience, the guilt, shame, self-blame, the going inward and...
by nelle | Mar 30, 2020 | Self-Compassion, The Unkown
Our friend and trainer Maureen Dunn has been working with our formerly feral mare, Grace, full time for many months. Feral in the way that we couldn’t put a halter on her, couldn’t get near her, took extra precautions to care for her to keep ourselves safe. She...
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