Anne Tyler Lord

Resistance is Futile

 Second-tier practices in Awareness. Buddhism 101 says that all is suffering in this world. We know suffering is the cause of our unhappiness and meditation is how we see through this illusion. Can this truth be taken into the worst pain? Or into minor irritations? Can we master the... Read More

Where were you on 9/11?

 ... 9/11 Shock Waves   Today I watched the 9/11 memorial,... similar to the time I watched 8 years ago,... on Good Morning America.... 8 years ago, I sat with my... 9 month old babies,... talking on the phone to my husband....  I watched at the moment, Charlie Gibson,...... Read More

Me, Pain & Suffering

In this post, I am talking about the inner experience of pain and suffering.  I acknowledge that there may be confounding factors and contributions from the other quadrants that also need attention for healing - such as physical imbalances.  But, at this time, I am examining... Read More

Thanks Ken for Inspiration

 I wanted to take a moment to thank Ken for his talk yesterday at Vast Sky Conference with Genpo Roshi.  I think we should take a moment and be mindful of the message Ken conveyed, and his admonitions to those who are at the "frothy" cutting edge.  I... Read More

Mastering the Dark Shadows

I will be exploring the issue of how we handle our shadows in the next few poems....  I have the next poem in my series RedFlame DeepWater, part 4, Dark Places: Retreat , ready for reading. Follow the link.... I can't paste it here because there is a bug in my Integral Life blog... Read More

Becoming Invisible

I am continuing on my journey through the RedFlame of my life, and contemplating the burning, purifying fires on the spiritual journey.  I have wanted to take a year off for as long as I can remember.  I am commiting to doing that this next year, in whatever way I can.  I... Read More

RedFlame DeepWater - pt.2 - Returning to the Scene

 The deepening of spiritual awareness can go through many stages, some repeating and bringing up old patterns to make conscious, some with new, unexplained events to experience. I am currently working on a long narrative poem called RedFlame DeepWater . I previously posted ... Read More

Dark Night of the Soul - Music & Images

 Although my recent and soon to be released writings are all about the Dark Night of the Soul , I live my days mostly in balance and bliss.  However, there are times that bring about the dark night experiences.  I think in my younger years - 20's, my life was 95% in dark... Read More