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I’ve been thinking alot recently about the process of commitment: the taking of vows that form a compass for  living.

I spent a couple of years under a Zen teacher and have ever since then harboured a fascination for the process of the taking of precepts in Zen practice.

The Ten Grave Precepts

Affirm life; Do not [...]

I’ve been reading Judith Pickering’s  wonderful book “Being In Love: Therapeutic Pathways Through Psychological Obstacles to Love”.

I’ve been long interested in our ‘heroic task’ as humans, that is, how we come to understand who we are. My own relationship, alongside Dr Pickering’s very sage guidance, been clearly illuminated for me that fundamental to the task [...]

“all shall be well
and all shall be well
and all manner of things shall be well”

I keep returning to Julian of Norwich’s beautiful saying.

When I remember it, I turn it over, and rub away at it like a prayer bead.

But I realised today that despite its deep attraction for me, I have never [...]

Visit to Katagiri Roshi

Diane Di Prima

A pleasure.

We talk of here & there

gossip about the folks in San Francisco

laugh a lot. I try

to tell him (to tell someone)

what my life is like:

the hungry people, the trying

to sit zazen in motels;

the need in America like a sponge

sucking up

whatever prana & courage

“Pray [...]

MARY DALY: OBITUARY

“Radical lesbian feminist theologian Mary Daly died at age 81 on January 3rd. .. She held separate doctorate degrees in English, philosophy, and religion and was widely published. Her books include The Church and the Second Sex, Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation, and Pure Lust: Elemental [...]

I met  Alexandra Jaye in Bali last year.

She’s a vibrant woman who really has her finger on the pulse of healthy living, and she is also the partner of Philosopher Notes’ Brian Johnson, and so notably informed by his work.

She has a program for women starting in January that looks like a great way to [...]

As this year draws festively to a close, renewal and resilience are themes that have been on my mind ….

Starhawk’s post reflecting on the Solstice and passing  year reflects these too..

“…the message of Solstice is this:  hope does not come once into the world and fulfill itself.  Hope and light must constantly be reborn, over [...]

By Jaya Ashmore from Open Dharma

One of the Open Centre themes that most fascinates me is Leadership as service: or courage as humility and expression, embodiment of Dharma, the Sanskrit kalyaan… A curious kink with the new version of the website in June brought out a small example of this [...]

I’ve had great respect for Bill Moyers ever since I watched him interview Joseph Campbell for the fantastic “Power of Myth” series.

Today, I found this great video of him interviewing Tibetan nun Pema Chodron, one of my very favourite spiritual teachers.

Then, digging around a little deeper on the net, found a great archive of his [...]

resonance from the very lovely blog Uncomplicatedly

“I turn, as I often do, to Simone Weil. One fragment in her notebooks goes like this: “Possible loves — are for fools — the wise have — impossible loves.” Weil has a gift for making counterintuitive statements that are strangely compelling, forcing you to change your [...]