Category: Dorje LIng

Bicycles, Dorje LIng, Life of Carmen, Uncategorized, Zen & Dharma

Notes from a Bicycle Bodhisattva – may all beings be liberated!

May all beings everywhere, with whom we are inseparably interconnected, be fulfilled, awakened, and free. May there be peace in this world and throughout the entire universe, and may we all together complete the spiritual journey. Once upon a time I went for a ride on Cortes Island, with a sore knee and a rusty …

Dorje LIng, Life of Carmen, Uncategorized

A perfect day for gratitude and goodbye

This morning I was knocked ass-over-teakettle, by a giant wave of gratitude for all the marvels of this highly imperfect life. I rode down to Dorje Ling to bring Kenny a newly knitted pair of fingerless mitts – marked by holes and bumpy stitches, highly imperfect, Dorje Ling style. He was glad to see me …

Dorje LIng, Karmic Economics, Life of Carmen, Uncategorized

The Universe picks up the phone

I asked the Universe to send me a home. A quiet place to learn, and focus, and rest. And this is what that dang Universe has dumped on my plate: the sweetest little lakeside cottage, where I sit now typing by the woodstove. Spacious and bright, with a comfy bed at the top of the …