Galen Pearl Blog
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A blog about Daoism, martial arts, compassion, poetry, and anything else that catches my attention. Also, includes a commentary on all 81 chapters of the Dao De Jing.
Galen Pearl Blog
1d ago
Always lead with love You will never falter You will never make a mistake For love navigates true and unerring Along paths of infinite connection Revealing the wondrous web of all creation ..read more
Galen Pearl Blog
2w ago
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Sometimes life brings us a gift of such overwhelming magnitude that it’s hard to resist trying to make sense of it in our rational minds. Our minds are dedicated in their mission to label, categorize, explain, and construct narrative, to fit everything neatly into an organized system ..read more
Galen Pearl Blog
1M ago
Years ago when I was researching and writing about happiness, one question kept coming up. If we all say we want to be happy, why aren’t we? Before we go further, let’s expand our concept of happiness to include joy, well being, wonder, awe, contentment, inner peace, enjoyment, just basic okayness, and any other related ..read more
Galen Pearl Blog
1M ago
Before enlightenment chop wood carry water. After enlightenment chop wood carry water. ~Zen saying Reflecting the wisdom of this saying, Jack Kornfield titled one of his books “After the Ecstasy, the Laundry.” The point of both the saying and the title is that we might have peak mystical experiences of awakening, but then it’s time ..read more
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1M ago
This phrase has been helping me stay focused. Jack Kornfield attributes it to his Buddhist teacher Achaan Chah as an encouragement to commit oneself to meditation. In that sense it is an admonition to literally sit on the seat of your meditation cushion. To me, however, it is also a reminder to figuratively take the ..read more
Galen Pearl Blog
2M ago
How marvelous is this life How blessed am I To have lived in this form Long enough to love And to be loved Long enough to awaken And remember who I am Long enough to know What I now know ..read more
Galen Pearl Blog
2M ago
Several years ago, the desire to know, to merge, with the Divine Beloved was so strong within me that I knew without that union, nothing else would ever be enough. And so I wrote this prayer: BelovedOh to feel your touch of graceI ache for your embrace of compassionTake me to yourselfLose me in the ..read more
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3M ago
For a number of years, I used a non-dominant-hand writing method to access inner wisdom and guidance. Once, as my left hand was writing about seeing through all illusion to the reality of truth, I was counseled not only to see the truth, but to “live the seeing.” Curious phrasing, but the advice stuck with ..read more
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3M ago
All that has happened has brought you here Do not judge what is beyond your understanding You ride the wings of angels Who watch over you with love And carry you on the winds of creation ..read more
Galen Pearl Blog
3M ago
I haven’t had a word of the year for a decade. In an illustration of cosmic humor of the universe, my last word of the year was in 2013 and my word was “wait.” But as 2013 came to a close, no new word came for 2014. Now, ten years later, as 2023 drew to …
The Power of Being Willing Read More ..read more