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Beginner's Heart
my own sangha ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I don’t have a true sangha — that community of Buddhist believers who journey with you along your spiritual path. I have fellow travelers, certainly, and I’d like to think my approach to belief is eclectic enough that my ersatz sangha is pretty ecumenical. My cousin Sally, a born-Methodist who converted to Judaism for her…
day #17 of National Poetry Month ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Poetry always helps me with grief. With rage at injustice, with loss. With all the sorrows — as well as joys — of human existence. Today’s poem is for the many victims rippling out from the horrific centre of the Boston Marathon bombings. It’s a poem by a poet who absolutely understood ugly hate, as…
thoughts on hope, and healing, and making a difference ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
It is the season of peace, of good will to men. And yet it seems to me as if the world has gone a bit mad. A young man — barely out of HS — murdering little ones. An older man setting a trap to murder firefighters who came only to help. Virulent arguments between…
tragedy, great sorrow, and the breath ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I have nothing to say after a tragedy of this magnitude. My heart hurts — I have to catch my breath, thinking of sending a child or children off to school, and never seeing them again… My mind races: what have we come to? How did this happen? What can we do to stop these…
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