by Monk Anchorwind | 16 Dec, 2025 | The Mindfulness Journey |
2025 : A Year of Compassion in Review I doubt it surprises much of anyone at this point to establish 2025 has been a challenging year, full of needless conflict caused primarily by authoritarians seizing power backed by capitalists who can buy up the remains for...
by Monk Anchorwind | 21 Nov, 2025 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, If you currently live in the United States of America, you are witnessing the destruction of more than most of us can truly comprehend before your very eyes. If we’re being honest, these last ten years have been so destructive it is a reasonable...
by Monk Anchorwind | 28 Sep, 2025 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Of Grief and Attachment What do we do with grief once we’ve processed the boots-on-the-ground reality? When we’ve come to terms with what we’ve lost, what isn’t coming back, what do we do with that information? Grief is complicated from the standpoint of...
by Monk Anchorwind | 28 Sep, 2025 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, For the longest time now, I’ve believed the deep down core of me was anger. I rarely spoke of it because I was ashamed at my inability to cease having recurring feelings of anger despite having a good understanding of it. Anger is an actionable...
by Monk Anchorwind | 23 Sep, 2025 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, One of the things I enjoy about teaching is also being a student. I get to have wonderful conversations with people about my teachings, what they found immediately impactful, what resonated with them over time, as well as what they just didn’t agree with...
by Monk Anchorwind | 19 Sep, 2025 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, In the West, the name of the game is Capitalism. While, once upon a time, Capitalism may have meant the opening up of markets for trade between one location and another, or one new good, service, or technology and another, today Capitalism implies...
by Monk Anchorwind | 18 Aug, 2025 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, Let’s have a ‘2025 : Year of Compassion’ Check-in. Yesterday, 17 August 2025, was the first time in weeks I watched the rain outside my window. Not because I had been missing it, but because the heat and drought had been intense and challenging. The...
by Monk Anchorwind | 1 Aug, 2025 | Considered Thoughts |
Of Harmony and Loneliness His Holiness the Dalai Lama said something simple but compelling, “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” The line has stuck with me since I encountered it, however many years ago. I’ve long since wondered...
by Monk Anchorwind | 10 Jul, 2025 | Considered Thoughts |
The MAGA movement is often portrayed as a force without principle, mindlessly charging in whatever direction their daily marching orders dictate, even if today’s orders contradict yesterday’s. Given the chaotic and predictably shifting nature of their...
by Monk Anchorwind | 8 Jul, 2025 | Considered Thoughts |
In the fantastic Underworld song ‘Juanita 2022’ there is a segment that goes: ‘When you walk away, you should walk away When you walk away, you should walk away When you walk away, you should walk away When you walk away, you should walk away Did you walk away, you...
