by sandra | Dec 12, 2022 | 2022
¨…Returning to ourselves is a road we choose, with all the twists and turns and seeming cul-de-sacs that come with following— or indeed, forging— an uncertain path. In my experience, we are never as close as we think and never as far as we fear.¨ Gabor Mate, MD Wow, I...
by sandra | Nov 12, 2022 | 2022
Two weeks ago, I was on retreat with Rupert Spira, and it was a joyful experience. My fellow participants and I were unplugged, unhurried, unscheduled, and unfocused on the details of the outside world. This structure allowed participants to dive deeply into our...
by sandra | Sep 17, 2022 | 2022
You can never, no matter how hard you try, be anyone else but yourself. Yet contemplate just for a moment how often content moves through your “mind-field,” which implies you should be different. Even slightly different. The field of our mind is tracking thoughts,...
by sandra | Aug 19, 2022 | 2022
Many people have heard the phrase “trying to change the outside, to change the inside.” Or the 12-step slogan “there’s no geographic cure.” Usually, these dismiss the concept of making changes on the outside to guarantee life feeling differently internally,...
by sandra | May 25, 2022 | 2022
We can realize it’s an act of courage to love, care and connect with others My friend died this week. I’m “shook,” sad and in shock. When I came to town, he and his friends would always come to my dinner parties as a trio. I called them...
by sandra | Apr 25, 2022 | 2022
“Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing and achieving, forever burdening ourselves with extraneous activities and preoccupations.” Sogyal Rinpoche, Offerings I recently learned of an...