While teaching my current retreat here in Seminarhaus Engl, Bavaria, I had a 1-1 with a woman in her 20s who faces daily a challenging health issue with remarkable fortitude. We spoke about the importance of a vegan diet for the welfare of animals and for health. I appreciated her dedication to a plant-based diet. She inspired this blog I wrote soon after.
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A Dharma friend wrote to me about her work situation. It is not an unusual concern.
“I am a bit hung up right now on the changes (in the work environment). It is making me a bit paralysed action wise on all other matters. …
There are dedicated practises to develop a full awakening. There are dedicated practices to develop a full sleepening. Both comprehensive practises support each other. …
Pro-Vax? Anti-Vax? Unvaccinated? Confusion? Conflict? Crisis of Values?
Militants in any set of views form a small minority – mercifully. We witness three kinds of militancy in influential sections of pro-vaxxers in the West. Militancy reveals an aggressive viewpoint demanding a particular way of viewing or responding to a situation lacking a capacity to see outside the viewpoint. …
Two months ago, I had to make a 999 Emergency Call so the operator could inform Torbay Hospital, my local hospital, to send an ambulance for Nshorna, my daughter. Her emergency began around 7 am on Sunday, 6 September 2021. …
