Entries from August 2007

meditation and creativity

August 29th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Am at Karme Choling right now, teaching a meditation retreat for writers. This combination of practices is magical.
Meditation practice reverses the traditional model for getting somewhere. We don’t see something out over the horizon and then put one foot in front of the other until we get there. Instead, we try to stay still and […]

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Tags: creativity · dharma

new article: “getting serious”

August 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I wrote an article entitled, “Getting Serious” for the September issue of Body & Soul magazine. It’s about things to consider when you’re thinking about getting serious about a relationship.

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on beliefnet today…

August 24th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Would love to hear your thoughts on my article, “10 Tips for a Fearless Life.” What would you add as #11? 12??

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Tags: articles · dharma

“be fearless”

August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

From this month’s Fitness Magazine (input from 11 women, including moi-self)
BE FEARLESS

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home from meditation retreat

August 18th, 2007 · No Comments

There is no way to describe the magic that happens when 100 or so people work at studying their own minds from 7am to 9pm. Our retreat was a combination of practice and study. We heard amazing, incredible, generous, inspiring talks from our teacher, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. The students were in love with the teacher […]

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Tags: dharma

then they wrote an article

August 18th, 2007 · No Comments

and put a picture of me at the top. i’m starting to feel very happy.

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Tags: work

boston globe review

August 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

This is the first time i’ve ever received a real review. It was very cool and totally unexpected. I got a phone call while i was on the bus up to meditation retreat, telling me about it. I would have felt so awful if it was a bad review, but it was really good. thank […]

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Tags: work