Dharma Spring

Today, Crow asked me, "If you could be a bird what kind would you be."

A trick question likely--no a koan about one's true self. I was gone lost in thought.

“I already am,” I said boldly.

A “cah, cah,” he replied in a shrill dismissal.

"All birds fly in the same empty sky," I offered.

Cocking his head, "Same sky?"

"Okay, only sky."

A wonderfully moving post from Mark Nepo on Patheos.

Grief One of the great truths in this life is that if we know love, we will know loss. The more we love, the more the loss will hurt. Yet, if we don’t love,

"We breathe, we are alive, and because we love, we feel the pain of losing."-- Claire Willis

Welcoming the Life That’s Yours — Change Your Attitude... Change Your Life We grieve the loss of a soul mate, the person or people we have held tight. We grieve for neighbors and colleagues, for people behind the numbers and charts in the news, for strangers whose stories we know, even if we have never met. We grieve places that we love that are disappearing or being harme

It's not hard to imagine that the stress and dis-ease that we carry into our sleeping hours would benefit from even a short stint of mediation. There are some good pointers here.

Benefits of meditating before bed; especially now, as we endure lockdowns, meditation can help you relax and sleep - Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation ContentsReduce Anxiety And Stress LevelsRelax Your Muscles Before BedImprove REM Sleep CyclesTreat Sleep Disorders If you practice meditation, you can probably vouch for its wide array of health benefits, as meditation has the ability to improve your concentration, relieve stress, lower blood pressu...