Film awards feel so different these days. To a certain degree, you could say that they lost the glare and fanfare that they used to showcase due to COVID. But I dare to think that perhaps we get to see what stories truly touch people’s hearts these days as all the glare and fanfare were skimmed off due to COVID.Perhaps this is why I found the recent Academy Award so meaningful, as these two…
Over the last few days of 2020, I had a fortune to pause longer in silence on my annual meditation retreat offered by Spirit Rock. While it was done virtually, it was such a meaningful way to end the year and welcome a new one.
During the retreat, I got to think about what the “new year” means to us and all the rituals around it. It matters to…
(This post includes some spoiler for the latest Pixar movie, “Soul”)
We often think of our lives either as an autobiography, a collection of events that happened in the past, or as a fiction full of wishes that we want to them to come true in the future. Yet it’s neither. Like what my great meditation teacher, Matthew Brensilver, often says, it’s what’s happening in front of us, right now, right…
On Thanksgiving Day morning, I sat on an empty beach, live with big waves and blue sky. Closing my eyes, the question of “who am I thankful for this Thanksgiving?” came up in my mind naturally. The faces of my life partner, family, friends, and mentors and those who inspired me throughout the year popped up and my heart anchored on myself. That was totally unexpected. Me? I am thankful for…
We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation.
H.H. Dalai Lama
My mediation teacher Eugene Cashposed this question over the weekend to the group: “What is your intention for the election?” I’ve been thinking, reading and talking A LOT about…
Been not sharing any thoughts or writing anywhere since the death of George Floyd. Partially because there was so much great wisdom out there already from many great people. Adding more words didn’t feel necessary. Yet mostly it was because I didn’t know what to say exactly. I felt like I needed to learn more and educate myself more about this issue.
I’ve been starting writing many posts and saving all of them as “drafts” so many times in the last couple of months. I never revisited them and those words of reflections, insights, or pure vent have been somewhere in the black hole of all the “drafts” exist.
What stopped me from finishing those writings was my perfectionism. I didn’t want to acknowledge it but can’t avoid facing the truth…
Couple of weeks ago, I was walking back home from the grocery store near my neighborhood. A man was walking from the opposite direction. As he was getting closer to me, he turned his head and spat toward my direction (it didn’t come at me thankfully). Then he said “fu$king Chinese” quietly yet loud enough for me to hear.
I hear a certain group of people (Asian, mostly Chinese) becoming the target…
