Zen Moments

“Having a child … can be an adventure all on its own…”

When I realized that my life experiences are simply different and wonderful in their own way, I stopped feeling inferior due to wonderful stories of travel and adventure I hear from my childless friends. Having a child when you’re a still a child can [...]

“…inner peace is the ultimate source of happiness…”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: A 2 minute video clip from Khashyar
“Ultimately we want happiness.
We do not want suffering – everybody – every sentient being. Now we are actually creating more unnecessary suffering.

I think it’s very important to make clear to the public – we are not talking [...]

No matter our disposition, we still have a choice…”

By Lara Owen March 12 2008, Soreze, France.
I walked Balthazar this afternoon a little way along the lane to the next village, accessible from Soreze by a path that runs along the edge of the mountain. On the way back we met a sad-looking older woman, small, [...]

“You no never mean to me…You a good person”

While babysitting and hanging out with my best-good friends’ children, I was picking and prodding pomegranate seeds from the shell, having picked some fresh from the girl’s backyard.
While the youngest, age just 2, was eating hers from a bowl while watching kid shows on the couch, the [...]

“Without a doubt, that was the biggest surprise I have had in three years of this show…”

Susan Boyle – Singer – Britains Got Talent 2009
“SHE lives alone with her ten-year-old cat, has never been kissed, and is teased by children in the street. But 47-year-old Susan Boyle could just be the UK’s next singing [...]

” I am still trying to figure that one out…”

More wonderful replies to the question: “What Inspires You?” from our Twitter and Facebook friends…
ZebranoBrazil:  U asked what Inspires you? Ummm, Love, Life, Art, definitely Art, the chance to experience new things, sensations, feelings…  Oooh & Ice-cream!
CollectiveThink: What inspires me: my children, art, music, nature, passion, [...]

“How about you?”

Zen Moments asked our Twitter and Facebook friends: “What Inspires You?” – and had these wonderful replies…
RubenCHerrera: Silence, color, noise, breathing, reflecting, listening, observing, organic movement….these are some of that which inspires me.
Serene_Balance: What inspires me the most is my son, because he lives in the present moment and has nothing but love [...]

“…just for an instant, the entire universe seemed perfectly balanced…”

Over the summer after my first year at university, I got a job as a porter at the hospital where my mother worked. Aside from all of the patient transport, waste disposal, message carrying and numerous other duties, one of our jobs was to move recently [...]

“…it was about having faith and believing in magic…”

Many years ago I went to the cinema with my young son to see a film called “The Little Princess”. The story derives an element of magic from the wise but silent Indian fairy godfather who watches over Sarah, whose Indian tutors have instilled in her a [...]

“Zen monks at one with Flash.”

The Laughing Buddha or Budai is a wandering monk who clears away the woes of the world. He carries an alms bowl and a cloth sack, which never empties, and is filled with many precious items, including rice plants (symbolizing wealth), sweets for children, food, small children and animals. [...]