Pointing to the moon

  A Buddhist analogy came to my mind recently. It goes something like this: The finger pointing to the moon is not the moon itself. Yoga practices and teachings are like fingers pointing to the moon. The moon here represents the Truth – or our True Self. But sometimes we become so fixated on the … [Read more…]

The importance of being

Today I’ve been thinking about “being” – as opposed to “doing”. Many great spiritual traditions teach the importance of being: just being, existing, feeling that one has no where to go and nothing to do. The Christian tradition of rest on Sunday is one example of this. The Buddhist tradition also teaches us to be … [Read more…]