thinkBuddha in Psychologies magazine
Friday June 5, 2009
It was nice to see thinkBuddha.org getting a mention in the July issue of Psychologies magazine. ‘Novelist and philosophy teacher Will Buckingham’s wayward reflections,’ the piece reads, ‘are all suffused with a wonderful sense of calm.’ This may be so, although in the interests of balance I should also add that there is also at times a fair bit of frenzied activity that goes on beneath the surface.
All of which makes me think of something that happens at times on silent meditation retreats. You are sitting in the meditation hall, and you see somebody across the way who has such an air of profound calm and poise that it is frankly intimidating. Ah, you think, if only I could be like them. Then, at the end of the retreat, you find yourself sitting next to them during the final meal, when the silence has come to an end. ‘How was your retreat?’ you ask tentatively.
‘Oh,’ they say, smiling ruefully through a mouthful of something wholesomely organic, ‘it was truly terrible. I was all over the place…’ Then they proceed to tell you about the dramas that were being played out beneath the cool, unruffled exterior. Which just goes to show, you never can tell.
Anyway, thanks to the folks at Psychologies magazine for the mention, which I greatly appreciate. And I’d like to welcome any Psychologies readers to the site. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Image of Nichiren calming a storm: Wikimedia Commons
#1 · K8
9 July 2009
Wonderful blog! Great thought provoking positivity, such a nice change from media and paranoia… I’ll be back :)
From a fellow blogger and magazine reader!