tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37742681626856735292025-10-11T19:29:47.834-05:00The OnionsteinA journal of a woman's journey to find love, kindness and compassion in the world and most of all, in herself.Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-43366300278186566612013-12-06T06:07:00.001-06:002013-12-06T11:53:38.483-06:00Some Happiness
A video to bring a smile to your face!
http://24hoursofhappy.com
If you are on mobile, try the following link. Make sure to check out the link above when you are on a PC--very cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-52389668816861702882013-11-25T00:34:00.000-06:002013-11-25T00:34:00.083-06:00Gratitude From a Buddhist Perspective--Dharma Talk
This morning
we will explore Cultivating Gratitude. Webster’s
Dictionary defines gratitude as “a
feeling of appreciation or thanks.”
As we explore a few ways we can cultivate gratitude today, we will also
learn about what gratitude means from a Buddhist perspective.
Silently
think of three things you are grateful for. It was easy to think of three
Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-45741140766325028332013-11-23T06:08:00.000-06:002013-12-05T12:25:30.023-06:00Perhaps the Origin of Darwin's Theory
Great article about similarities between Darwin and Buddhism.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-origins-of-darwins-theory-it-may-have-evolved-in-tibet-1623001.html
Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-7102889721178915532013-03-06T13:53:00.000-06:002013-03-07T16:38:04.410-06:00Body, Speech and Mind in Perfect Oneness
Last Friday night, I decided to watch the documentary “Get Vegucated.” The documentary followed three people from various walks of life try to eat a vegan diet for 6-weeks. Before I go into this more, let me just say that a moment before watching the documentary I was disappointed to find I did not fit into the once comfy PJs I wanted to “veg-out” and watch the movie in.&Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-35787564509275070582012-12-20T14:44:00.000-06:002012-12-20T14:44:40.495-06:00For Whom the Bell Tolls
Two weeks ago I installed a new application on my Android phone call the Mindfulness Bell. I set the bell to radiate its soft ring every half hour throughout the day. “Ding!” goes the bell right as I type this very sentence. Upon the sound of the bell, you are to stop wherever you are, just breathe, and just be. This exercise is intended to bring you back to a mindful,Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-59170156962502265632012-12-07T16:51:00.000-06:002012-12-10T13:49:01.686-06:00A Confession
One day when I was 4 years old, my mother informed me that I was going to receive a special birthday present, a baby. Funny, I do not remember asking for a baby. Umm, hey there, did I say I wanted a baby? However, I remember everyone getting =excited, so I guess I became excited too. Several months later, my birthday rolled around. No baby. I was disappointed—Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-60609053558449338852012-11-12T11:05:00.000-06:002012-11-12T11:05:53.645-06:00Dharma Talk: Bringing Meditation into Everyday Life
The following is a dharma talk I delivered on Sunday, November 11, 2012.
My kids and I enjoy going out weekly for Chinese food. I always look forward to the end of the meal when the fortune cookie comes. I am delighted when once in a while I actually receive a fortune cookie providing a little insight into life. Several weeks ago my fortune said, “People in your Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-55639440607985430122012-10-12T12:10:00.000-05:002012-10-12T12:34:42.433-05:00OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR
Things can be magnified when we are experiencing emotional or physical pain--much like the passenger side mirror on the car. Look at the pain too close and it is often distorted. This is especially the case if you are suffering because of unskillful actions or behavior of another person. See the situation as it really is, really see it and feel it, and the truth Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-76920302061102873592012-10-05T00:04:00.000-05:002012-10-05T12:01:34.519-05:00Looking for Peace? Just Breathe
"Breathing in I calm my body
Breathing out I smile
Dwelling in this present moment
I know it is a wonderful moment"--Thich Nhat Hahn
No matter where you go
What you do
How tough life becomes
There is always the breathe
Fill your lungs and breathe deeply
Realize it all is okay as it is
Only this moment matters
Just breathe
Find your peace
Be free
Be peaceLittle Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-29485514442692729422012-10-03T12:10:00.000-05:002012-10-29T15:31:26.578-05:00Oops! I Forgot Something...
I now know for a fact that meditation has changed my life for the better. What better way to find out than to experiment and stop meditating regularly for a month or so?
Um, maybe not such a good idea…
The impact to my overall feeling of well being, my stress level and how I interacted with others has been very noticeable over the last few weeks. There have been times I Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-61729235552452310032012-07-13T15:48:00.002-05:002012-07-13T15:53:12.738-05:00Project Me
It was January 2011. A brand new year, my father just passed away and I ended a long relationship with a man that was going absolutely nowhere. I was not happy, I felt angry and incomplete. I hit a brick wall with nowhere else to go. There was only one recourse; I had to change to better myself. I made a clear commitment to not to jump back into dating. I Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-86304342034479969332012-05-31T23:38:00.001-05:002012-05-31T23:55:23.500-05:00Monkey Mind
I have nothing to write about. Absolutely nothing. Funny, when I meditate this is exactly my goal--to sit and simply do nothing. Yet, staring at this empty page is giving me anxiety. Why?
Nothing to write about, but my mind has a full "to do" list that spans from now through next Sunday evening. Actually, this is the problem. They call it Monkey Mind. Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-4451654390733312772012-05-25T13:47:00.000-05:002012-05-26T08:38:04.396-05:00The Power of Relics
The Maitreya Project--Heart Shrine Relic Tour came to my home town in late 2011. I was responsible for coordinating volunteers to perform various duties during the tour such as guarding the relics, assisting visitors to bathe the baby Buddha and receive a blessing. This ended up to be a much bigger job than expected since it required coordinating the activities of Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-25046299716307040792012-05-23T13:22:00.001-05:002012-05-25T10:23:42.972-05:00Picture This!
I was out browsing technical blogs today for a solution and this picture caught my attention. I am not sure what this particular picture had to do with the subject matter of RSS feeds. Maybe they were trying to incorporate mindfulness into their message?
I love the message in this picture. For me, it serves as a reminder to keep balance, slow down and Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-21861591546356434682012-05-20T22:39:00.000-05:002012-05-22T10:21:11.621-05:00The Million Dollar Question
Saturday night was a lovely evening so I headed with my kids to a popular part of town for dinner and a little shopping. We were walking from the parking garage when we heard a very jazzy rendition of "You Are My Sunshine" played by a trio of street musicians. It was the type of evening and street music that makes you put a little strut in your step. Even my teenage sonLittle Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-3378321786639402512012-05-15T12:36:00.002-05:002012-07-11T13:24:46.479-05:00The Things
There I was laid out like a corpse on the floor at the end of yoga class. Shavasana is the meditation at the end of yoga which ironically means “corpse pose”. My fingers feel the spongy yoga mat underneath me. The feeling of being grounded, safe, and secure—I love you yoga mat. There I lay while my dad was in the hospital dying of complications with bladder cancer Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-63683753519858314172012-05-03T17:21:00.003-05:002012-05-07T16:47:49.219-05:00Shenpa Control
Shenpa Control Face
If anger was fire, Buddhism has been the fire department to snuff out my anger. There have been times in my life I felt consumed by anger. I have been quick to tell off and belittle the waiter that screwed up my order. I used to be proud of the number of free meals I could earn by getting angry. I even threw a VHS copy of the Wizard Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-56625623100725498512012-05-02T20:13:00.000-05:002012-05-19T18:03:07.573-05:00Special Message to My Beautiful Daughter
The other night you were listening to music and became teary eyed because everything is changing. I have had similar thoughts. Our little family is changing. It seems like yesterday you were a little girl. Always full of opinions and stubborn! You are a lot like me, but you have a special quality of your own.
The first day you were born, I swear you could Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-58778308772604686572012-04-19T14:58:00.000-05:002012-05-25T10:16:26.411-05:00My First Dharma Talk--Wise Concentration
Today’s topic is about “Wise Concentration”. My concentration is completely off so I felt the need to type out what to say—this does not need to be perfect. The rock is a souvenir from my retreat which serves as a reminder that I should be kind and compassionate to myself.
Ironically, I did not sleep well last night since I felt a cold coming on. I ended up Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-80736533565129216912012-04-06T16:41:00.000-05:002012-09-25T16:44:06.344-05:00Hide and Seek
I have been studying the Dharma for about 1 ½ years now. Not a longtime in the land of Buddhism. The further I head down the Eightfold Path, the more I realize how much I do not know which both intrigues and frustrates me. How much further until I reach Enlightenment? My brain struggles with the concept there is nothing to track and no goal to achieve.&Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774268162685673529.post-59888128932266976632012-02-18T08:34:00.000-06:002012-04-29T00:40:14.745-05:00Nana Vi
I was born in 1967 into a Jewish middleclass family. I had two parents, a big sister that doted on me, a dog, and lived in a small ranch style house with brick red siding. Nothing terribly exciting and out of the ordinary. These were the days a kid could run around and play outside, and no one worried unless they did not show up for dinner.
My earliest memory was spending Little Miss Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411410868229241421noreply@blogger.com0