Blog · Notes from the lake
Writings on Yoga, Life, and the Sacred Mayan Calendar
By Mixa Margaret Fajkus
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Ways to hurt and to forgive
Today is 3 Ajmaq, the day of self-forgiveness, self-acceptance and inner peace. A look at how I hurt, how I hide, and what I’m setting down.
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Advice to a Young Writer from J.D. Salinger
After reading a recent NYT article entitled, “Paradise Lost, in Guatemala,” by Joyce Maynard about her home at Lake Atitlan…
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The Ultimate Beginner’s Mind Guide to Buddha’s Eightfold Path
For your entertainment and enlightenment, here are eight links to eight articles about the eight steps of the Eightfold Path.…
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Wise Concentration: Moving Away from Multitasking
image source: loveyourchaos.tumblr.com {part eight of the eightfold path series} We live in a distracted way, in a digitized modern…
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Wise Mindfulness: Everything is in Constant Flux.
“Believing that we have to get to somewhere special in order to be free sets us up for suffering. But…
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Wise Effort: Neither Slacking Nor Overachieving.
The Buddha taught that practice should be like a well-tuned string instrument. If the strings are too loose, they won’t…
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Right Livelihood: What Makes Work Worthwhile?
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard…
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Orestes in Peace
Te quiero, Orestes. Gracias por todo. Que tu alma este en paz. (I love you, Orestes. Thank you for everything.…
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Wise Action (Anything Could Happen Next.)
“What supports moving away from suffering and toward freedom from suffering?”
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