“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.” ~Michelle Rosenthal” Today I am sitting in my favorite café in Venice Mall. I got my favorite seat, the one near the water. I have spent countless hours here. I have cried here....

‘Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that arise. Just realise that our original mind is beyond thought.’ Bankei

‘Mind, It's like space. You can't possess it and you can't lose it.’ Bodhidharma

“Ah! There is Rima, the bodhisattva!” Bob called out with unmistakable excitement as he spotted me standing among hundreds of people. We had gathered at Tibet House in New York to hear his lecture, where I was in the audience with my husband. “Bodhisattva, huh?” my...

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ~Mark Twain It started with a clogged kitchen drain. Or maybe the drain was where everything else I’d been carrying finally surfaced. Regardless, the water wasn’t moving. It was so bad that some of...

Trigger Warning: This story mentions serious illness, stroke, and depression. Please read with care. Rojandree's life took a sudden turn when she was diagnosed with neuropsychiatric lupus in August 2025, followed by a stroke in September. At that time, she could not...

‘Lot of money worries in the world today — may all beings find their inner treasure and be well and happy.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘Should they come to mind, reflect on how success and failure come and go.’ Words of my Perfect Teacher

This essay was written five days before the Madison, WI police killing of Corey Ruiz and a week before the Austin, TX police killing of unarmed Anthoneil Williams II. I am a Black mother to a Black child in the U.S. The deaths of teenagers Nolan Xavier Wells and...