Bodhipaksa
Mar 27, 2012
“As a parent raises a child with deep love, care for water and rice as though they were your own children.” Dogen
So I was walking to the office the other day, when something rather lovely happened.
Before I say what that was, I have to explain that walking to the office is a new thing for me — or the rediscovery of an old thing. Now before I entered a spell of working from home, I often used to make my morning “walking commute” into a walking meditation. Then, for several years, I did almost all of my work out of the house, and my daily walking meditation died away. But a couple of months ago I rented an office in town, only a 15 minute walk away, and I’m getting back …
Bodhipaksa
Jun 06, 2011
Loving Touch: An extract from “How to Train a Wild Elephant”
The following extract from Jan Chozen Bays’ How to Train a Wild Elephant is reproduced with the permission of the publisher, Shambhala Publications, Inc.
The Exercise: Use loving hands and a loving touch, even with inanimate objects.
REMINDING YOURSELF
Put something unusual on a finger of your dominant hand. Some possibilities include a different ring, a Band-aid, a dot of nail polish on one nail, or a small mark made with a colored pen. Each time you notice the marker, remember to use loving hands, loving touch.
DISCOVERIES
When we do this practice, we soon become aware of when we or others are not using loving hands. We notice how groceries are thrown into the shopping …