tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269825718759306929.post4871961285105968722..comments2024-03-04T04:58:16.217-08:00Comments on Your New Best Friend: Why Life is Like a Sand Mandala Kara Post-Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350341929577871283noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269825718759306929.post-19381752331678582752016-06-27T18:22:16.113-07:002016-06-27T18:22:16.113-07:00I missed this one when it came out. When I see wh...I missed this one when it came out. When I see what day it was, I know exactly why. I was desperately trying to book a flight home because we thought my father was dying. A lot of sand was blowing about for my family that day. I have yet to write that chapter up, but soon. He did not die, but oh, the sand has shifted, and is shifting still.Paula Reed Nancarrowhttp://paulareednancarrow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269825718759306929.post-47886823373741192952016-05-16T15:01:57.336-07:002016-05-16T15:01:57.336-07:00My Dad used to love this M. Scott Peck quote--&quo...My Dad used to love this M. Scott Peck quote--"Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”<br /><br />Acknowledging the truth of this is absolutely liberating, as you said!<br /><br />Kara Post-Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350341929577871283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269825718759306929.post-37649812951749448012016-05-16T14:58:26.334-07:002016-05-16T14:58:26.334-07:00Thanks, I appreciate your comment!Thanks, I appreciate your comment!Kara Post-Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350341929577871283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269825718759306929.post-37652187588453555962016-05-16T13:45:17.620-07:002016-05-16T13:45:17.620-07:00Wonderful post.
Someone said, or wrote, Life is no...Wonderful post.<br />Someone said, or wrote, Life is not the destination, but the journey,<br />or something very like. <br />But it's nice to be reminded of that occasionally.<br />Best,<br />AlexandriaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055509706364259810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269825718759306929.post-12187193800807686992016-05-16T08:49:06.359-07:002016-05-16T08:49:06.359-07:00What a beautiful perspective--and a useful reminde...What a beautiful perspective--and a useful reminder on a daily basis, regardless of what we "do". :)tmycannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205799835340947615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269825718759306929.post-831763353120717112016-05-16T08:13:40.173-07:002016-05-16T08:13:40.173-07:00Kara, thank you for this terrific post. I love it....Kara, thank you for this terrific post. I love it. I also love the Dalai Lama and have since first meeting him in 1979. My family and I were transformed by his teachings and his blessings--and thirty years ago before the wild security and huge crowds, he blessed everyone individually with his smile, gaze, and touch. Still, I adopted my first teacher's idea to not take vows in any one tradition. Better to explore many and find what works for me.<br /><br />My husband taught a course on Tibet for 25 years and had monks come to Colgate to do a sand mandala. I'd seen sand mandalas before, but this time my sons and I followed the whole process including the ritual of throwing the sand in the lake. It was exquisite. It was shocking. I learned about the power of ritual as a process, not a product. <br /><br />I have never seen happier people than the Tibetans in Northern India. Acknowledging the truth that there will be suffering seems to liberate joy and laughter. Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635133302315254716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269825718759306929.post-3271579117293272152016-05-15T09:36:20.742-07:002016-05-15T09:36:20.742-07:00Beautiful post, Kara, and a great illustration of ...Beautiful post, Kara, and a great illustration of impermanence and the folly of trying to "get there." Thanks for the lovely reminder.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927830694252559106noreply@blogger.com