by Denise Bonnaig | Jul 17, 2014 | Gratitude, Insights
The last time I wrote, I attested to the awesome power of Vipassana meditation, and my second 10-day retreat there earlier this year. Thinking back to that wonderful week and a half I find myself feeling so blessed beyond measure…wow. We left off on Day 6. On...
by Denise Bonnaig | Jun 27, 2014 | Forgiveness, Gratitude, Insights, Spirituality
Recently I attended my second 10-day retreat and vow of Noble Silence at the Dhamma Dhara Vipassana Meditation Center in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. When I arrived at the center I was greeted with a flood of memories from my first retreat last year and the...
by Denise Bonnaig | May 23, 2014 | Insights, Trust, Unconditional love
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s yearning for itself. They come through you but are not from you, And though they are with you they...
by Denise Bonnaig | Apr 24, 2014 | Insights, Unconditional love
Younger people realize that the world is full of huge problems that they dream of solving, but no one is interested in their views. “You don’t know what the world is really like,” they are told. “Listen to your elders and then you’ll have a better idea of what to do.”...
by Denise Bonnaig | Feb 11, 2014 | Insights
The other day I got inspired by a thought: Have I ever had to explain what Love is to someone? Whenever I say “I love you” to someone they seem to understand what I mean. So I tried to imagine explaining the concept of Love to a child who hadn’t yet figured it out. If...
by Denise Bonnaig | Jan 13, 2014 | Insights, Justice
My first hint that something was not quite right was when my husband left a voicemail for me in the middle of the work day. I was going to call him back when I saw the reason he called me on the web: Mandela had died. It was just a week earlier that I had asked my...