Here's a Buddhist parable about the inevitability of death. A woman, angry that her son had died, demanded that the Buddha restore him to life. He agreed to do so on the condition that the woman find one person in the village who did not know the sorrow of death. She undertook her mission, determined to find that person, but weeks later returned, exhausted after visiting every house, finally understanding that no one is untouched by death and grief. There are those few who have been…
ContinueAdded by Lisa Shaw on April 20, 2014 at 8:00am — 3 Comments
By now we've heard the standard New Age explanation of our many mis-steps and foibles as we swim through this life: "We are not humans learning to be spiritual but spirits learning to be human." This can neutralize our need for self deprecation when we say something we think we shouldn't have, make a decision that wasn't perhaps the wisest, hurt someone else without malicious intention. Yet in many ways we are harder on ourselves than we are on others when we find ourselves…
ContinueAdded by Lisa Shaw on April 7, 2014 at 10:30am — 2 Comments
OM Times Magazine is a Holistic Green eZine with a Spiritual Self-growth Perspective for the Conscious Community.
Posted by Meghan Belnap on February 25, 2021 at 1:42pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Posted by Jayita Bhattacharjee on February 23, 2021 at 6:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Posted by Michelle J Howe on February 23, 2021 at 10:47am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Started by Omtimes Media. Last reply by Omtimes Media Nov 18, 2020. 5 Replies 3 Likes
Started by Omtimes Media. Last reply by Omtimes Media Nov 14, 2020. 7 Replies 4 Likes
Started by Omtimes Media. Last reply by Gail Serna Aug 26, 2020. 24 Replies 7 Likes
© 2021 Created by Omtimes Media.
Powered by