A Dharma Glimpse by Angela I went dancing on Saturday with a group of friends. We shared the dance hall with a trapped pigeon. It had been stuck inside for a couple of days. Unable or unwilling to fly out of the open fire door to freedom. Today this trapped pigeon feels like a metaphor […]
A Dharma Glimpse by Satya At the weekend I drove my mum a few hours so she could see her sister in her new care home. My aunt has had dementia for some time, and she had begun to need higher levels of care that were available in her old place. We ate lunch with
An anonymous Dharma Glimspe As a practicing Buddhist trying to lead my life with a positive mindset and an outlook to an enriched life of wellbeing and tranquillity, I found my mind wondering down that negative road. And no matter how hard you meditate, occasionally those negative thoughts enter your mind and internally you find
A Dharma Glimpse by Angela I recently I walked out of a trustees meeting. My manager parts had conveyed me there. Where I was prepared to curl up in an armchair and silently record the minutes; counting the minutes until I could escape to the sanctuary of my duvet. To open the meeting Kaspa invited
Dharma Glimpse by Nick Creswick As someone who has an outlook on life that tries to find the positive in every situation and has comfort in the impermanence of life, sometime this can actually be a struggle. When you experience loved ones in pain whether that be emotional or physical and in that moment they
Dharma Glimpse by Elaine On the days when i am short of time in the morning or if I’m lacking insight and energy I walk Luna on this bit of land behind the housing estate where I live.It’s not the most scenic place to walk, the field is surrounded by houses many of which are
A Dharma Glimpse by Alexander Hopkins, reflecting on “Living Nembutsu” book group Thinking about what we spoke about last week about being the “centre of the universe”, made me reflect on how at times I am guilty of this. Ok so not maybe that self absorbed but certainly wanting people to notice me so I
Dharma Glimpse by Chris E-S I’ve been thinking a lot about death recently. It seems as if I am surrounded by reminders of mortality: the news of the death of a friend from another Sangha who had been fighting cancer for many months; the variegated holly bush I had planted in memory of our old
Dharma Glimpse by Kokuu My Zen friend Sarah told me about the Merlin app for identifying birdsong. I live in a small village in east Kent and one day when I was sitting outside with the dogs, I opened the app to see what birds it would recognise. The most interesting thing for me is
Dharma Glimpse by Chris E-S Looking out into our garden, it’s hard to believe that we are well into Spring. The borders are so wet that there is a natural water feature forming amongst the soggy roses and shrubs. Even the hardy daffodils seem to be struggling to survive this year. However, if it ever
