Mandalas for Mental Health Ajahn Chah said that all people without exception are mentally ill. If I take time and, instead of thinking about Carolyn and Her Problems and focus on other people, I find I am less so. I have practiced in this way 2009 within a volunteer program that was initiated by IMCW, Insight on the Inside, IOI.... December 16, 2020By Carolyn Stachowski EngagedBuddhism, meditation
What Are You Doing For Others? Insight on the Inside There were a lot of insightful questions directed both to me and their peers, who chimed in with insights that may have come straight out of the dharma. There were discussions on how to make peace with the treatment by police and the justice system, as well as how to make peace with the things that landed them there in the first place. We ended up going a bit over time because everyone was so engaged... May 29, 2019By Carolyn Stachowski announcement, EngagedBuddhism, SocialJustice