by Cheryl Pallant | Apr 27, 2011 | body awareness, Buddhism, enlightenment, somatic practice
I continue to flip through Reginald Ray’s Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body after completing it several weeks ago. Ray is a Tibetan practitioner in the lineage of Chogyman Trungpa Rinpoche, the founder of Naropa University. His book on the...
by Cheryl Pallant | Apr 1, 2011 | beauty, Buddha, nirvana, S. Korea
A picture may be worth a thousand words but a Buddha statue may be worth many thousands more. I was delighted to recently find this pic of Seokgoram online. This Buddha, built about 742 AD, is about a mile trek up the mountain of one of Korea’s most visited temples,...
by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 23, 2011 | collaboration, poetic action, poetry
For their contributions, I want to thank John Swift, Catherine Daly, Brian Buck, Stacie Birchett, Joseph Harrington and several others who prefer to remain unknown. Below is the collaged result of their words, lines, and phrases. The Poem, a Poem win by refinancing...
by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 7, 2011 | collaboration, creativity, poetic action, poetry
POETRY YARD SALE: You’re invited to participate… Wanted: Phrases never used or used but no longer needed. Worn, chipped, faded, hyperbolic, expired, parts missing okay. Go through your files, closets, under the bed and send me phrases you’re ready to pass on....
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 22, 2011 | creative writing, dreaming, poetry
Before going to sleep, I sometimes make a request. Guide me to a new poem. Or, how do I transition to the next paragraph that evaded me all day? The request is Step One – fairly easy. Step Two is easier yet. Pull up the blanket. Fall asleep and snooze away. Release...
