Posted February 7, 2024 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham They were text chatting about mindfulness and Buddhism, and the mind states of greed, when he told her he was starting a real estate business, with the name Jaxx in it.
She sent some information about the Buddhist practice of Muditā, a dharmic concept of joy, particularly an especially sympathetic or vicarious joy—the pleasure […]
Posted October 28, 2023 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham The sharing of their small group included looking at “What is my portion of THE pain that I am healing in this lifetime?”
She spoke awareness of a sense of her voice not being heard, including times when it was especially painful because it occurred within the spiritual community. A few examples were given, inviting […]
Posted June 12, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She had been practicing meditation for many years. She understood that there was something that she needed to understand—where to go, what to do.
She walked into a bookstore that had a large area of spiritual books and was just standing and looking. Just at ease, standing and looking. Not […]
Posted March 7, 2021 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Her father had recently passed, out in California. It was so hard. She was stuck on the other side of the country.
She sent a message to a friend. “My dad’s memorial is at 4:00 today, out in California.”
“Of course, grateful you know you can bilocate to be there […]
Posted July 8, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Feeling a sense of self-judgment and doubt, she asked for guidance related to whether a spiritual group she was practicing with was right for her.
In Buddhism, the antidote to doubt is faith, an active willingness to suspend self-judgment and to see for yourself what is true.
“A Song […]
Posted March 7, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Chanting GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA from the heart sutra for 49 days to-the-day of transition is a significant act of love in the Buddhist tradition. PARASAMGATE means completely gone to the further shore. The prefix SAM is intensive in meaning: completely, thoroughly, altogether.
She had been chanting for the […]
Posted August 29, 2018 in Wholesome Thoughts By Debra Basham Wholesome Thoughts
Henry David Thoreau said, “Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.”
Buddhism has some wonderful meditation techniques to nurture friends at a distance. To learn more, send email to debra@scs-matters.com, or from within the continental U.S. phone or text (269) […]
Posted August 10, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts By Debra Basham Wholesome Thoughts
“Where ever there is resistance, there is also a beautiful opportunity for wisdom to develop, by seeing what is happening.” This quotation is found on page 31, in Three Steps to Awakening a Practice for Bringing Mindfulness to Life, by Larry Rosenberg with Laura Zimmerman.
If you have an interest in benefiting from […]
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