Possibilities for Wealth
The Caveat: In a world where building wealth is a holy act, and “the wealthy” are exalted, it would be unfair to say wealth provides nothing of value. Of course…
The Seven Stones Blog
We invite you to explore our thoughts, ideas and reflections on our journey through the maze of scarcity into our understanding of Sustainable Abundance.
The Way Life Is
We don’t have to do anything to experience our enoughness. I visit the ocean almost every day. Often I walk and talk on the phone, catching up with calls. I’ve had…
Sufficiency and Loving-Kindness Part 3: Loving Enemies
When I was taught metta at an IMS retreat this summer (click here for part one and here for part two of this series) they encouraged us to go easy…
No Impact Journal: Final Reflection
Pass or Fail? Before the week of the No Impact Experiment, I stopped focusing on the game. Basically: I got sucked into the vortex for attending to my sick children,…
Loving-Kindness a Practice of Sufficiency (2)
Last week I wrote of my introduction to metta, and I asked, “Do I really need a love practice?” I have found that the answer is a resounding yes. Within…
No Impact Journal: Day #3
After a few days of dancing around shame for not being able to follow the directions of the No Impact Week Experiment, I am making a declaration around what I…
No Impact Journal: Day #2
Today’s No Impact Challenge is about transportation, which makes me think of yesterday’s adventure to our storage unit. What irony. We have a storage unit because we when we moved…
No Impact Journal: Day #1
I just watched the No Impact Man trailer. I am relating to the wife: I cannot do this. I cannot carry around every dirty diaper and wipe I just used…
Loving-Kindness a Practice of Sufficiency? (1)
Metta is a Pali (the language the Buddha spoke) word that most teachers translate to English as Loving-Kindness. In Sharon Salzberg’s book of the same name, she translates it is…
No Impact Journal: In Preparation (1)
Living into the No Impact Week experiment. Though I have yet to read through the week’s instructions for going “no impact” starting Sunday, I have instinctively slowed down and made…