I recently spent 8 days in silent retreat, sleeping in a tent below the mountains of North Carolina practising mettā (loving-kindness) meditation. The late summer air was thick with gnats, clouding my face as they vied for the salts in my sweat. On the last day, I went out to the meadow. Afternoon sun… Continue reading Interconnection and care
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The wonderful thing about wonder
Let me tell you something beautiful today. On the banks of the Peruvian Amazon, butterflies are drinking the tears of river turtles. The basking reptiles calmly tolerate this fluttering kaleidoscope, lucky for the butterflies, because the western Amazon is so low in sodium, these tears are the tiny flying herbivores’ only source of vital… Continue reading The wonderful thing about wonder
