Hapless civilians, children and animals have unwittingly become innocent victims of the Israeli-Hamas conflict and the wave of hatred that filled the hearts of people against an entire community.
A fascinating story by CHANA MEDDIN on a tiny Buddha with wings who gave her refuge at a time when she was lost and lonely Tonight I’ll be Taking Refuge to become Buddhist. What does this mean? How I approach...
Despite the pandemic, unemployment, food insecurity, racial and political strife, and grief, we do not stand apart from one other. In this year of disconnection, we have found a way to connect, says CHANA MEDDIN Seattle before the winter solstice is...
The gift of living is breathtakingly miraculous and creation feels like one great vibration of love, says CHANA MEDDIN Walking down the wide hall to my doctor’s office last week, I began feeling anxious. A second round of mammograms indicated...
Tomorrow will be another day; whether it will be a good day or a bad day, doesn’t really matter. Only love matters, says CHANA MEDDIN October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the US. So I went for my mammogram...
It’s time to rise from our own ashes to wish Metta or loving-kindness for all, because the Covid-19 pandemic has spared no one, says CHANA MEDDIN By now you’d have to live under a rock in the U.S. not to...
While expressing anguish over the lows of the US Presidential debate, CHANA MEDDIN thanks God for all the contributions India has made to the world and her life and sees hope return with the promise of yet another new day...
Let us expand our spiritual prisms to include empathy and allow ourselves to feel, care, and be willing to sit with another’s pain, says CHANA MEDDIN Images of San Francisco waking up to unearthly, crimson-red skies this week looked straight...
Amidst the chaos unleashed by the coronavirus, aggravated by political games, CHANA MEDDIN hears a song within, resonating in triumphant chords of hope and new beginnings I didn’t mean to do it. My friend asked for a haircut. Barber shops...
