Tag Archives: suffering

Metamorphosis: Butterfly

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Christiana McQuain

This post is the third in a trio of posts inspired by butterflies. The first two can be found here and here. When the time comes for a newly-transformed butterfly to emerge from the darkness of its cocoon, it faces … Continue reading →

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Metamorphosis: Moment by Moment

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Bob Patrick

A friend and I were reflecting recently over some tragic events that we had experienced in the sudden and unexpected loss of people in our lives.  Moments like these bring us to a crisis point:  to know that someone was … Continue reading →

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Metamorphosis: Suffering

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Bob Patrick

While we seem to come into this world knowing how to attach, how to cling, how to look for and expect the knowable, the recognizable, and the unchanging, some of the oldest spiritual traditions teach us (or try to teach … Continue reading →

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Sowing: Suffering and Wholeness

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Bob Patrick

. . . a Universal Wholeness waits beneath our brokenness the way a torn seedpod lets all its seeds drop through its tear to germinate the Earth. A good deal of our suffering comes from not going deeply enough into the personal … Continue reading →

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Harvest: Of Intolerance

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Bob Patrick

It is our tendency in the West to try and ignore, deny, and eradicate suffering.  Various forms of intolerance keep appearing in our communities as their own specialized forms of suffering that arise out of suffering.  If I grow up … Continue reading →

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