Inner Peace: Surviving the ambush
Inner peace is so much more to me than spiritual practice. Or should I say spiritual practice comes in many forms? Sometimes living dangerously is spiritual practice. Surviving extreme danger leads one...
View ArticleSee either love — or a call for love
The United Nation’s International Day of Peace is Saturday, Sept. 21. Imagine all the people in all nations of the world stopping for 24 hours to think about peace!Peace with other countries, counties,...
View ArticleWhy do we seek inner peace (Part III)?
Part I was in the Saturday, April 8 Tidings entitled “Peace is Never Piecemeal” and Part II was in the Aug. 22 Tidings with the basic message “stop all theory and search of it and you will surely...
View Article5 kinds of navigators who help with aging issues
A few weeks ago, there was an event at Southern Oregon University sponsored by the Osher Life Long Leaning Institute (OLLI), on preparing for care for yourself and others. I happened to be one of the...
View ArticleAging Happens: What you need to know about guardianships
Here’s what happened with June. June’s niece, who was her health care representative, died unexpectedly. June lived in a memory care facility, had no other family, and now had no one who could be her...
View ArticleSleep apnea can lead to dementia diagnosis
“To sleep, perchance to dream” — or maybe to snore or even develop symptoms of dementia? Is this possible? Yes, as I learned recently at a seminar in Medford called the Alzheimer’s and Dementia...
View ArticleAging Happens: Good to know — A guide to 'Living with Dying'
“Living With Dying: A Complete Guide for Caregivers.” If you saw a book by this title, you might think that this is not anything you either need or want to read about. You’d be wrong on both counts,...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of multi-generation living
What would you do in this situation? Here’s the scenario: As an aging adult, you’re living on your own here In Ashland. So far, you’re doing fine, but as you know, there is a good chance that things...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: Can we do it all in Ashland?
Ashland is a city of involved and proactive citizens who work hard on their areas of passion and concern. We have commissions, groups, ad hoc groups and advisory groups in the public and nonprofit...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: How to present your ideas to the city
Citizens often feel frustrated at the City Council's lack of response to the ideas and concerns they express during public forum. The councilors aren't really disinterested, but because public meeting...
View ArticleInner Peace: Wisdom marries awareness with consciousness
The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable.The mind of an ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.—Ajhan Sumedho, "Don’t take your life seriously" (Buddhist Publishing Group)A...
View ArticleOnly the closed mind is certain
To me, political polarization is the biggest challenge facing us today. Until we start bridging the divide between "left" and "right" we can't work together solving problems effectively. We’ll be stuck...
View ArticleHow the 'Killers of the Flower Moon' affected my life
What does genealogy have to do with inner peace? In my case, a great deal. It has to do with the Rogue Valley, my Osage ancestry, the Osage Reign of Terror and a current best seller, "Killers of the...
View ArticleInner Peace: Aikido is a peaceful philosophy to live by
I am a person who never studied or practiced any form of the martial arts. However, I have been intrigued by the foundational philosophy of aikido. The purpose of studying aikido is not perfection of a...
View ArticleInner Peace: Characteristics of an Enlightened Soul
"The Enlightened Soul is not one to whom the Truth has been revealed, but one who has summoned it; and not just when they’ve been driven by pain, but when life’s seas were as calm as glass."—Notes from...
View ArticleInner Peace: A single-minded look at non-duality
Non-duality, zen, advaita, meditation, enlightenment, awakening — what's it all about?It is the dissolution of every answer to that question. Waking up now to the immediacy of pure sensory experiencing...
View ArticleInner Peace: For peace, change thoughts of aversion to mercy
"All forms of government will fail because people have their hate, their need to be loved and their special interests."— Sigmund Freud (in an introductory lecture on Marxism) What Freud was saying is...
View ArticleWhy do we seek inner peace? (Part II)
Part I, “Peace is never Piecemeal,” was in the April 8 Tidings. I spoke of growing up in India and the fun of child play and how we never knew the word "peace," whether inner, outer or universal, but I...
View ArticleInner Peace: The furry path to finding inner peace
One of the surest paths to inner peace, wellness and longevity is hopping into your lap and licking your face — your dog or cat. Most households here in the Rogue Valley include furry kids, because...
View ArticleCreating a peaceful world
Creating a peaceful world begins with each of us. To enhance this idea requires knowledge of one’s true self and one’s natural contribution towards world peace. Socrates expressed the idea that an...
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