by Kate | Jan 20, 2022 | Chronic healing, kind promises
When we are so ill that being sick seems like our whole world, how can the Buddhist notion of “exertion” help us? Exertion doesn’t mean hard work (though being sick is hard work.) Instead, it’s about showing up even when we don’t want to and, more than that, showing...
by Kate | Jan 12, 2022 | kind promises
The sixth Buddhist paramita in Sanskrit is virya, which has been translated many ways: exertion, diligence, energy, enthusiasm, joy. The feeling I get is one of happily putting effort into something (traditionally, spiritual practice) even when things are inconvenient...
by Kate | Jan 7, 2022 | kind promises
Happy New Year! I am continuing the series I began last year on the Buddhist paramitas. The six paramitas are actions that we can take to bring ourselves and our world to sanity. The first three paramitas are generosity, discipline, and patience. (Links are to my blog...
by Kate | Dec 9, 2021 | kind promises
Journey Dancing blog is on break while Kate recovers from surgery. She hopes to return in January 2022. May you be surrounded by light, love, and joy.
by Kate | Oct 6, 2021 | kind promises
The Buddhist paramitas are those actions that result in character qualities associated with enlightened beings. As I learned it, the word means to cross over to the other side. On that side is sanity and wisdom. The six paramitas are generosity, discipline, patience,...
by Kate | Jul 10, 2021 | kind promises, Strength, Vulnerability, Weakness
We humans are a social species. We weren’t meant to survive or thrive on our own. Unfortunately, we (especially Americans) have created mythic heroes that are rugged individualists. They don’t need anybody. It’s a lonely life. Those of us who live with illness can’t...
