Karen Shanley's Blog, page 33
March 24, 2022
Should We Try to Resolve Thoughts in Meditation?
A few thousand years ago, back when the Buddha was alive—that was a very different world. There weren’t the distractions that there are today. Living back in that time, you were already much closer to being able to be in the now, because there was very little to distract from the now.
There are different challenges now. The principles are what they are, and they still work. But the effort that’s required now is much greater. So it requires a … Read more
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March 21, 2022
Reality is a Point of View
The current world energy could be summed up as a “Do Not Enter” sign with its red outer circle and horizontal bar. But if you look with a shifted perspective, you can also see that the bar can also be viewed as a handle that can be used to push the door open.
Presently, many people are experiencing a kind of holding, where they don’t know how to proceed or believe they cannot proceed because they take at face value … Read more
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March 19, 2022
The Peace of Wild Things
At a time when life’s uncertainties abound, I am reminded of the strength and healing of nature through the imagery in this poem.
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of
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March 16, 2022
Emptiness
The human mind equates emptiness with negative things—lack of meaning, hunger, deprivation—rather than what it truly is—freedom from pain, the beginning of a healing process, cleanliness, a space opened to be full of creativity or love or other positive experiences and emotions.
Because people are so afraid of emptiness, even when they release a negative emotion, once they feel the emptiness, the tendency is to fill it right back up with another negative emotion. I feel empty therefore I feel … Read more
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March 15, 2022
You Are the Beneficiary
From moment to moment, focus on what you can be now.
It always comes back to paying attention.
Don’t allow unproductive thinking.
Don’t wait for someone to pat you on the back.
Realize that you are the beneficiary
when you do what’s required to help yourself grow.… Read more
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How to Safely Contribute to Ukraine
If, like me, you feel the need to do something, here is a legitimate and safe way to send money to help the Ukrainian people.
You can donate money right from The International Red Cross – Ukraine Relief Efforts website. https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine
Sadly, there are a lot of scam sites that are collecting money using the Ukraine crisis to lure people. Doing a little fact-checking, this is what I found about the ICRC. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) … Read more
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March 8, 2022
Pond Songs
When the temps start fluctuating, I can count on hearing the ice on my pond sing. I don’t know why, but I seem to be the only one who ever hears it. It doesn’t happen all the time. It doesn’t even happen often. But when it does, it’s magical.
To hear what my pond sounds like to me, listen at 00:40 seconds.
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My Pond Sings to Me
When the temps start fluctuating, I can count on hearing the ice on my pond sing. I don’t know why, but I seem to be the only one who ever hears it. It doesn’t happen all the time. It doesn’t even happen often. But when it does, it’s magical.
To hear what my pond sounds like to me, listen at 00:40 seconds.
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March 1, 2022
Dogs Can Recognize Their Owner by Voice Alone
A new study from the researchers of the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary reveals that dogs can recognize their owner by voice alone, and they make use of some of the same voice properties as humans do. The study is published in Animal Cognition. Read the full article »
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I never cease to be amazed at how many dog studies done by scientists are completely self-evident to anyone who actually lives with dogs.… Read more
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The Address for Life
If you are looking to find your life, the address is Here and Now.… Read more
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