Hello again. Thanks for sticking with me. As you may have noticed, I’ve been distant lately. It’s not you, it’s me. Really. Let’s see what’s happened in the past month… 1. Found out the house we were renting was being sold and had we had to move. 2. Went on a huge vacation to the Caribbean [...]
Archive for the ‘Impermanence’ Category
Stress, Weight Gain and Practice
Posted in Buddhism, Impermanence, Meditation, Mindfulness, Weight Loss on May 31, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Coming Out Of Hibernation
Posted in Impermanence, Weight Loss, tagged depression, exercise, impermanence, weight loss on March 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Winter in Maine is hard. That’s all there is to it: it’s hard. We’ve had feet of snow on the ground for months. The days are short and you can regularly tell someone the temperature by using just your fingers. In the past few days we’ve crept up above freezing and gotten rain instead of [...]
Searching For Perfection
Posted in Buddhism, Impermanence, tagged Buddhism, desire, family, perfection, suffering on December 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ever since I saw Tron: Legacy, I have been more aware of people’s search for perfection and the lengths they will go to achieve it. The desire to create a perfect system, and the impossibility of doing that, was one of the driving factors of the conflict in the plot of Tron. Maybe it’s also [...]
The Only Thing Permanent is Impermanence
Posted in Buddhism, Impermanence, tagged Buddhism, family, impermanence, suffering on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday night we had quite a wicked storm blow through. It was a classic New England nor’easter and the rain and wind were amazing to see. Around 11:00, my wife and I heard an enormous cracking sound followed by a crash. We did our best to see what had happened but it was too dark [...]
I’m a Loser
Posted in Impermanence, Weight Loss, tagged Buddhism, exercise, happiness, health, mindfulness, obesity, weight loss on November 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Today was great. I ended up having to get pants that are another size smaller. I can’t believe that I’m now down to a 40 inch waist. This is the second time I’ve had to get smaller jeans. Just for fun I tried on the jeans I use to wear and they fell down. I [...]
Two Pieces of News
Posted in Family, Impermanence, Mindfulness, tagged Buddhism, family, impermanence, meditation, suffering on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I’ve examined my log files on the blog, I’ve noticed that a number of people are trying to access the site by going to dharmaloss.com instead of dharmaloss.wordpress.com. So, I’ve decided to go ahead and update the blog address to dharmaloss.com. Both web addresses will work to access the blog so any bookmarks or [...]
Nothing is Permanent
Posted in Buddhism, Impermanence, Meditation, tagged Buddhism, impermanence, meditation, Zen on September 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Up here in Maine, things are quickly beginning to feel like fall already. The trees are changing colors and the high temperatures are only up in the sixties now. The change of the seasons is always a harsh reminder that nothing is permanent. I used to hate winter. I mean really hate winter. This was back [...]
I’m One Proud Papa
Posted in Impermanence, tagged impermanence, kids, love on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today we went for a bike ride with the kids. Well, I wasn’t riding a bike; for me it was more of a get-my-daughter’s-bike-rolling-and-then-run-after-her-while-she-rides kind of event. My daughter is almost ten and she has overcome a lot of challenges to be able to ride her bike as well as she does now. Since she [...]
