More Empathy, please! |
Help bring empathy and a Dept of Peace to the US government. Visit Change.org and vote for "Bridging the Empahty Gap," an idea that, if in the top 10 of voting, will be presenting to the Obama adminis...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:56:00 GMT |
Buddhist Folk songs |
For ages people have been asking if I sing -- which I've tried to avoid doing. But it seems to be the time. A nun friend has been very encouraging to write Buddhist songs, and a monk I know (Heng Sure...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:41:00 GMT |
Department of Peace! |
Do you think Obama will create a Department of Peace?I do -- am expecting it to happen in 2009 or 2010. I'm envisioning it would work a lot with mediation and conflict resolution, working with Nonviol...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:50:00 GMT |
Petition to airlift supplies into Burma |
Deciding to overcome a feeling of helpless frustration over the Burmese government's failure to accept foreign aid to save the lives of the Burmese people, I've put up this petition.The petition calls...
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 14:10:00 GMT |
World food crisis & what can I do? Something small is still something. |
Recently I've been distressed over the global food shortage, thinking things like, "This imbalance and injustice is really terrible. It's awful, and I can't do anything about it." Then I stopped and r...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 07:12:00 GMT |
follow your heart...music is an art, not a sport |
Someone was just asking for some advice on his playing, and the response that arose just might, I thought, be of interest to others. It speaks to what we spent a lot of time talking about in the Guita...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:49:00 GMT |
Busy-ness in Edinburgh...and stillness |
The Fringe madness has started in Edinburgh. The streets are positively teeming with people of every sort from all over the world, here for the massive Festival Fringe and International festival. They...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:10:00 GMT |
Away for Buddhist psychotherapy training |
Just to let everyone know I'll be away for a week. Lots of paths to explore in this life, and one for me right now is checking out this course on Buddhist-based psychotherapy. It's a week-long intensi...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:33:00 GMT |
thrilled about a hospice project and a rating received |
Whoa -- very happy today indeed. Just logged onto www.intomusic.co.uk and saw that I'm in this week's Top 10 Artists for music downloads. !! Yes, yes, the wise monks and nuns say that it's of course i...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:12:00 GMT |
Guitar Dharma |
After years of folks asking if I teach and saying that I don't, finally I'm developing the concept of Guitar Dharma. It's my take on how to learn the guitar, coming from a place that's centered in the...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:57:00 GMT |
