by Monk Anchorwind | 27 Jun, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, What is Validation? A surface-level evaluation of the question may lead us towards answers involving awards and other forms of recognition. However, recognition is not validation. Validation is permission to proceed along a chosen path, an acquisition of...
by Monk Anchorwind | 24 Feb, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, What is a decision? A decision is the end of a journey of sorts. We roam from one factor to another until we choose a direction. What is an accomplishment but an end of a path wherein we made the same decision repeatedly? When we no longer need to make the...
by Monk Anchorwind | 25 Jan, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, The practice of mindfulness and meditation cannot be separated from introspection. On the contrary, developing an awareness of our inner selves is at the core of the practice. In the beginning stages of learning how to re-train our attention, it is still...
by Monk Anchorwind | 26 Jan, 2021 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Lao Tzu wrote, “Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.” I have spent several years alone and have specifically meditated upon and written about my...
