In chess you have to kill to win. In go, you have to build to live. In order to win, you must also allow the other player to live. Players who are too greedy will lose ... What matters is building well. So here, I've assigned myself a new obligation. I'm going to stop undoing,…
Every Saturday I’ll post a short summary of the week’s reflections along with a practice — a small action inspired by that week’s wisdom. Summary: This week we heard from Annie Dillard who says the life of the spirit requires less and less; and from Donna Farhi who encourages us to sit still for 10…
I, too, can work ... I am an optimist in spite of it all. Darwin could work only half an hour at a time; yet in many diligent half-hours he laid anew the foundations of philosophy. I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble…
“The degree to which you do not believe you have time to spend even ten minutes sitting quietly is the degree to which you desperately need to spend ten minutes sitting quietly.”Donna Farhi, Bringing Yoga to Life Oh, how many times I have remembered these words since I first read them almost ten years ago.…
There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample…
Simple and Forgotten Things 