Tag Archives: emptiness

Chicken Ryaba, buddhism and emptiness – an interpretation on an old Russian folk tale

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

As one of their first fairy tales, children in the Russian speaking countries used to get told an old Russian folk tale about Kurochka (Chicken) Ryaba. It is a very simple story (see below*) that is not so simple once … Continue reading →

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Postcard paradise. Emptiness and holidays.

Posted on August 24, 2019 by

You can go as far as you wish – and yet, there you are. Hope you have a joyful holiday and enjoy this poem.

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Kafka on stillness

Posted on August 10, 2019 by

I have left my corporate job recently and have been on a mini retirement mainly exploring and embracing emptiness from a buddhist perspective (or as my husband puts it, doing not much 🙂 ). I am reading books on stillness … Continue reading →

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If you want change…

Posted on June 29, 2019 by

This quote sums up my life at the moment 🙂 Uncertainty, here I come! Open the void… This week is the last week at my job, a start of my mini retirement and several personal projects 🙂

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Letters to myself. On emptiness.

Posted on May 25, 2019 by

When you feel the familiar chill of the void opening within you, the deafening vibration of the growing vacuum, the infinite sinkhole of the Big Empty, don’t do what you usually do – reach for the phone, like a Pavlovian … Continue reading →

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