The other day I was watching The Simpsons. Yes, I'm still watching it. It's pretty much just inertia at this point; it would take more effort to stop now than to just keep going. There have been a few good episodes over the last 20 years.
When I was drinking, it wasn't just the day of that was a problem. That was the fun part, sometimes. It was the next day that was brutal. You'd normally think I'm talking about hangovers, but that's not really it. I rarely
On September 9th, I sat to meditate, like I do every day. I'm trying to work my way through every guided meditation on the Plum Village App. Ambitious, but I've got time. That night I happened upon Brother Bao Tich's Guided Meditation on Impermanence.
In Buddhist traditions, ethics are undergirded by 5 key rules called the Precepts. The first four are things you would expect: 1. Refrain from killing. 2. Refrain from stealing. 3. Refrain from sexual misconduct. 4. Refrain from lying. But there's one more precept that strikes a lot of