I ended my last post with the teaching “every breath, new chances.” This is something that one of my early Zen teachers liked to say. As I said before, this is the “upside” of the fact that everything changes. One of the hallmarks of negative mind-states such as sadness, grief, or depression is the sinking [...]
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Fear of Loss of Livelihood 2
Posted in Worry, tagged aging and livelihood, aging and worry on February 19, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Money!
Posted in Baby Boomers and Aging, Worry, tagged Aging and Buddhism, aging and money, Greed, loss, suzuki roshi on July 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“There is nothing so relaxed as the shoulders of a very wealthy person when the talk turns to money.” Jon Carroll, columnist for the San Francisco chronicle, once said this, and he is probably mostly right. For the rest of us—and even for the wealthy, actually–money is an issue and cause for anxiety. For those [...]
Don’t Worry, Leave ‘Em Alone!
Posted in Worry, tagged aging and worry 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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Aging As A Spiritual Practice
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Work As A Spiritual Practice
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Healing Lazarus
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A Whole Life's Work
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