Category: Meditations

The Buddha taught that we must learn to love the world without attachment, for all things are transient. Plum blossoms teach the same lesson.

What do you love, knowing you will only have it for a moment?

“Inside us there is something that has no name; that something is what we are.” ―José Saramago

What name do you give to the nameless something that defines you?

From Sufis spinning with one hand to the sky and one to the earth to Muslims prostrating toward Mecca, religions around the world connect the body to the spirit in prayer. Even people who do not have a traditional prayer practice connect body and spirit through dance, yoga, chant or countless other means.

How do you connect your body and your spirit?

Social media connects people around the world, making possible relationships that could otherwise never have existed. It also creates the temptation to view our experiences through the lens of what we can share for others to view—and through the literal lens of a phone camera—rather than actually surrendering to the experience of the moment.

What habits tend to distance you from your own direct experiences?

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” — Rumi

How do you know when you are doing things from your soul?