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Shunryu Suzuki
Book Bits

Buddhism’s Most Basic Teaching: Everything Changes

April 19, 2021April 23, 2021 Vanessa Able

Shunryu Suzuki on our inability to accept the truth that we and everything around us are in a state of constant flux.

Tagged acceptance, Buddhism, change, Everything changes, impermanence, Suffering, transformation, transience, Zen, Zen Mind Beginners Mind2 Comments
Louise Gluck
Book Bits

The Culture of Healing: Louise Glück on Art’s Restorative Power

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Vanessa Able

Louise Glück's essay condemns current trends of pathological optimism, as well as the tendency towards 'the pornography of scars.'

Tagged art, Culture, healing, loss, Optimism, pain, respite, Suffering, transformation1 Comment
GK Chesterton
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G.K. Chesterton – The Convert

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Vanessa Able

G.K. Chesterton's 'The Convert' describes the aftermath of a transition that has taken the poet from an upside-down world onto a shining white road of peace and clarity.

Tagged Catholicism, clarity, conversion, epiphany, peace, Poetry, rebirth, transformation3 Comments
Lion
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When the Lion Roars

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Vanessa Able

An ancient Buddhist teaching and sutra about the power of the call back to the truth of ourselves.

Tagged Buddha, devas, dharma, disruption, lion, power, Sutras, teaching, transformationLeave a comment
Robin Knight
Featured Poetry

Robin Knight – Vulpine Nature

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020 Vanessa Able

Robin Knight's poem about the foxes that inhabit his village and the very special providence in the theft - and retrieval - of a shoe.

Tagged foxes, nature, transformation, urban wildLeave a comment

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