This article is part of a series of “how to” posts on spiritual/contemplative practices. You can read the overview article here, and the first one on “how to meditate” here. This post comes from Lauren Ayer. A San Francisco transplant, she now makes her home and garden in Northern New Mexico. _________________________ Gardening as a […]
How can we work with questions as a practice? How do we ask the kinds of questions that have the potential to liberate our lives?
Note from Maia: Last week I shared what 10 people told me when I asked them: “What’s the most important question you’ve ever asked yourself? How did [does] that question change your life?” One of those responses was from Lisa Wilson. I shortened her answer to include in last week’s post, but loved the full […]
What’s the most important question you’ve ever asked yourself How did that question change your life? Here’s how 10 extraordinary people answered that question…
In a previous post, I offered some general guidance about how to start or deepen a spiritual practice. This article is the first in a series of “how to” posts which give in-depth information about specific practices. Think of it as a kind of “World Tour” through some of the practices that can help to […]
Some movies touch us deeply and leave an imprint on our lives forever. Here is a list of movies that have touched my own life (along with some input from friends on The Liberated Life Project Facebook page). All of them are connected to themes of freedom, liberation, and transformation. So break out the popcorn […]
This feels like a risky post to publish. I’m aware that the recent news about Osama bin Laden’s death has triggered intense emotions for many people. This post might push your political buttons, but that’s not my intention. What I want to look at here is freedom from in contrast to freedom to. And the […]
Yep, that’s not the finest photo to ever appear on this blog. But that’s what my foot looks like right now. Three weeks ago, I took part in a workshop called “First Being, Then Doing,” led by friends at the Academy for the Love of Learning, one of my favorite organizations here in Santa Fe. […]
Enlightenment is an accident. Practice makes us accident-prone. —attributed to Shunryu Suzuki Roshi ______________________ Last week I wrote about the necessity of knowing ourselves as a prerequisite to living a liberated life. I believe the best way to do this is to have some kind of a vehicle for self-awareness, a “practice.” Here’s my personal […]
To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things. To be enlightened by all things is to remove the barriers between one’s self and others. —Eihei Dogen, 12th century Zen master ________________________ We’ve spent the […]