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Breath as a Clock

Can your breath be a clock? Today I learned about the Buddhist concept of horizontal and vertical time. Horizontal time refers to the past and the future on a continuum. Vertical time is right here, right now. The present as I sit with an erect spine in meditation, my breath is a clock of the moment. This is all there is. Each moment is all there is. Again and again, anew. "I'm in the present moment, feeling the breath rising up and down the center of my body. There's no need

Rhyena Halpern

16 hours ago1 min read

Acceptance is the Clean Water in the Pool

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. -The Tao I love this quote as it rings so true inside me. When I am not so attached to my beliefs, my emotions, my perceptions, I free myself up and can enter into just being. My heart is open and the lens of criticism, righteousness, and distance fade. I feel like a vessel. And clear and strong. And sometimes strength means knowing how to let go. Letting go sometimes is closer to a state of filtering. The filtering is a c

Rhyena Halpern

16 hours ago1 min read