Dharma Glimpse by Philip Wallbridge The genesis of this dharma glimpse, or what I’m going to call a dharma pondering, came, as increasingly seems to be the case, at a Bright Earth practice. I had been listening to Beth’s heart-warming and inspiring dharma glimpse about saving a cockroach. And then Satya’s invitation to ‘take refuge’ […]
Dharma Glimpse by Beth Hickey On my way to the swimming pool while on holiday, I came across a spectacular beastie. It was enormous, with massive muscular legs, spindly antenna and keen beady eyes. So thank goodness for me that it was on its back, too humongous to flip itself back upright. I noticed several
Dharma glimpse by Alex Merry I’ve recently been having some medical tests, which have revealed that I may have a (hopefully treatable) cancer. I’m still awaiting some more tests, a biopsy, to tell me the truth about where I am. I’ve been trying to keep calm and positive and I think I’ve been doing a
Dharma Glimpse by Sam Johnson Recently, my brother got married and I was his best man. It was a wonderful occasion. It also put a strain on my voice, and by the end it was gone almost entirely. It is still in recovery as I write. In the past few days I have been repeatedly
Dharma Glimpse by Dylan Tweney This past Monday was Independence Day in America, or what one of my Buddhist friends likes to call Interdependence Day. In addition to the holiday, my company also gave us Tuesday and Wednesday off, so I had an extra long weekend to rest and reflect. In theory, anyway. I had
Dharma Glimpse by Sonia I’ve recently gone back to writing ‘morning pages’ – a practice that’s been around for a while but was popularised in Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. The idea is to write anything at all, whatever’s on your mind, whatever comes to mind. I often think this is fruitless and am either
Dharma Glimpse by Beth Hickey In the distance is a silhouette of the Cretan mountains behind the twinkling lights of the little town below as the sun fades for the day. In my minds eye I also see the Malvern Hills silhouetted behind the twinkly lights of the little houses that hug the hills I
A Dharma Glimpse by Fi Curnow The other weekend, I got myself some new garden furniture. Well, when I say new, I mean new to me. It was very second hand and cheap off Facebook Marketplace. Getting it home, though, and setting up the four chairs and one table in my tiny back yard filled
Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby Aine, the new Temple dog, joined us for walking meditation in the garden on Saturday. And as we were slowly shuffling round amongst the flowers and shrubs in the gentle rain, she found an old newspaper that she liked the look and smell of. It was already wet and as
Dharma Glimpse by Paul Riley I get the bus to work each morning and pass through some of the most impoverished parts of Liverpool. The buildings are falling down. People look beat. Crime, addiction and deprivation are everywhere. The place I’m heading to – Liverpool prison – is a condensed microcosm of this pain and
