Portland, Portland, Portland. It seems like Portland's all we ever hear about when some great new thing is happening in the world of clean energy, proactive government, mass transit, holistic health, spiritual wellness, social innovation or cultural offerings. It's like Portland is God's own petri dish for hatching the best of the best, the most progressive of the most … [Read more...]
Emergency preparedness and letting go
There is one central tenet within the Buddhist tradition that does not require an adherence to Buddhist philosophy in order to agree with it. That principle is impermanence, that everything, even the mountain that has stood there majestically through our lifetime, is in a constant state of change. One reason for impermanence being so central a concept within Buddhism is in … [Read more...]