Buddhism | sometimesihatemycat

Trauma and Meditation: An Open Letter to the Community

• May 13, 2015 • 7 Comments

Posted in Abuse, Body, God, Humanity, Meditation, Ramblings & Observations
Tags: Abuse, Acceptance, Anatman, Anatta, Anicca, anxiety, Awakened, Belief, Body, Bravery, Buddhism, Child Sexual Abuse, Courage, Denial, Dukkha, Emptiness, meditation, Open Letter, rape, Rape Culture, Violence

Samsara

• February 4, 2015 • 2 Comments

Posted in Body, Death, Family, God, Humanity, Identity, Loss, Marriage, Meditation, Nature, Poetry
Tags: Birth, Buddhism, Change, Choice, cycle, Death, Impermanence, Life, marriage, poetry, samsara, Suffering, Survival, Time

Desire

• January 9, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Body, Death, God, Humanity, Identity, Loss, Meditation, Poetry
Tags: Anicca, anitta, bliss, Buddhism, Cioran, contentment, Craving, Desire, discontent, Dukkha, existence, Haiku, Ideology, lacan, meditation, Non-Buddhism, Non-Buddhist, Peace, Self, subject, subjugation, Suffering, temptation, Zen

Fits and Starts (again)

• October 22, 2014 • 4 Comments

Posted in Body, Humanity, Identity, Meditation, Poetry
Tags: Anatta, Anicca, Body, Breath, Buddhism, Change, Dukkha, Impermanence, meditation

Silence, Streams, and Spoken Word

• May 28, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Abuse, Body, Death, Equal Rights, Humanity, Meditation, Nature, Poetry, Women's Issues, Women's Rights
Tags: Abuse, Body, Buddhism, Child Sexual Abuse, Maya Angelou, meditation, Non-Buddhism, poetry, Power, Recovery, Silence, Spoken Word, Women

Thirsty Ghost

• May 9, 2014 • 1 Comment

Posted in Food & Wine, Humanity, Meditation, Poetry, Twitter, Whimsy
Tags: Buddhism, Craving, Desire, Haiku, Hungry Ghost, meditation, Micropoetry, Pinot Noir, poetry, samsara, Senryu, wine, Zen

Restless

• March 19, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Body, Identity, Meditation, Poetry, Twitter
Tags: Buddhism, creativity, distraction, meditation, mindfulness, Non-Buddhism, Passion, Peace, poetry, restless, x-Buddhism