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Archive for April, 2009

Don’t Worry, Leave ‘Em Alone!

Posted in Worry, tagged on April 27, 2009 | 14 Comments »

As readers may be discovering, I like cinema moments as teaching tools.  The one I am thinking of today is in The Untouchables, starring Kevin Costner and Sean Connery.  In one tense scene, federal agents, together with a grizzled veteran Chicago cop (played by Sean Connery) are waiting in an isolated cabin for a convoy [...]

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You Are Not Alone

Posted in Aging and Spirituality, Baby Boomers and Aging, Death and Dying, tagged , , on April 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »

In my experience as a Buddhist teacher and spiritual guide, for many people the first time the deep truth of aging hits is when our parents become ill and die.  This tends to happen when people are in their 40s, when they themselves still feel young, still remember college and their first jobs, still are [...]

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I Want More!

Posted in Greed, tagged , , on April 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »

“I want more”–this is the universal principle of a society built around consumer spending. And it is, by extension, the cry of all those who want more youth, through all the consumer products and services that we think can make us look, feel or be younger. The Buddhist world view responds, “Relax. It’s all right. [...]

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