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            A tough year with more challenges ahead as COVID rears its ugly head once again. Through it all, the fire
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        The Great Eastern Sun
            A concept from Buddhism that was introduced to me by Chogyam Trungpa in his book, Shambhala.
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        Kasugai Gardens: Sanctuary of Perception
            A hidden gem found in downtown Kelowna.
        
     
    
            
    
        
        
    
        Thoughts On Money
            > For the monks, this way of life expressed simplicity. It wasn’t an expression of
poverty mentality. With this
        
     
    
            
    
        
        
    
        Dispatch
            Starting a bit of a social experiment: publishing smaller pieces to Medium and
working on lengthier pieces here.
First one
        
     
    
            
    
        
        
    
        All We Have Is Breath
            > Breathing expresses the fact that you are alive. If you’re alive, you breathe.
The technique is basic and
        
     
    
            
    
        
        
    
        A Step With Buddha
            > Enlightenment is awakening from the dream of being a separate me to being the
universal reality. It’s not
        
     
    
            
    
        
        
    
        The Call Of Silence
            > I think of my reading as drawing water from some bottomless, timeless well. In
goes the bucket. The rope