A ROOTS AND WINGS BLOG by GLENN SCHIFFMAN

9/01/2020

8/31/2020

8/29/2020

8/20/2020

8/18/2020

Half the battle

“Confidence cannot mature

without the acceptance

of uncertainty.”

~ Mingyur Rinpoche

8/17/2020

"Ina" you know as "mom", in reality Ina literally translates to The Most Honorable.
Here's 3 terms you can understand fully from now on.
(Ee•Nah): Ina-The Most Honorable
(Ah•tay): Ate-The Protector
(WEen•yań): Winyan-Holy Mother Goddess
Lakota language is way more complex than most of us currently understand. Example:

•The father's job is to provide and protect his family earning him the title Ate.
•The mothers role is to be the epitome of all that is honorable in the eyes of her children as well as all children earning her the prestige of Ina.
•The women are the care takers of one of the most holiest gifts. They are able to bring Spirit and transform it into a physical being while giving of themselves to shape how this new being looks, acts, and thinks. This earns females the supreme title Winyan. Remember these 3 are not simply, Mom, Dad, or Woman.

Teachers

“The teacher also has teachers, and in those relationships, the teacher isn’t the guru—the teacher is a student. So the teacher is not a state of being but a role one plays in a particular context.” ~ Pema Khandro Rinpoche

8/16/2020

1 Corinthians 13

Plant A Tree

8/15/2020

Gratitude

8/14/2020

On Fear

The best of friends

“The best of friends are the ones who are with us come hell or high water — or the security of a shore. Sometimes it takes all that we have to breathe, to row, to stay afloat. And we don’t have the mental energy to check to see who, if anyone, is in our boat. Blessed are those friends who reach forward, gently placing their hands on our shoulder, around our waist, to let us know that they are with us. ” ~ Omid Saif

8/12/2020

Fact, info, opine

8/06/2020

Connect to more

“If a living system is suffering from ill health, the remedy is to connect it with more of itself.” -Francisco Varela

No longer hostile

Woody

8/04/2020

Easy for him to say

8/03/2020

Good Day Sunshine

“Daily, as soon as I wake up, I think to myself: ‘Nothing exists as it appears…’ Then I combine this (awareness) with altruism, thinking of all the rest of the sentient beings who are suffering due to destructive emotions. Once we realize that, the karuna (compassion) automatically comes. Then you get the determination: ‘I must serve as much as I can to clear away all these negative emotions!’. . . A realistic attitude!"

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself. To expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, I am going to have kind thoughts toward others, I am not going to get angry, or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” ~ The Dalai Lama

8/01/2020

Think

Mountain

The other point of the mountain is that it is still there for the next generation from which to learn.

7/31/2020

Pandemic

“The idea of doing one’s part, though, should be so simple: Wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands. It’s a mystery to me how somehow that has been wiped out of what should be ingrained in the behavior of us all.”

Truth Coming out of the Well

According to a 19th-century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth: "It's a marvelous day today"! The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was really beautiful. They spend a lot of time together, ultimately arriving beside a well. The Lie tells the Truth: "The water is very nice, let's take a bath together!" The Truth, once again suspicious, tests the water and discovers that it indeed is very nice. They undress and start bathing. Suddenly, the Lie comes out of the water, puts on the clothes of the Truth, and runs away. The furious Truth comes out of the well and runs everywhere to find the Lie and to get her clothes back. The World, seeing the Truth naked, turns its gaze away, with contempt and rage. The poor Truth returns to the well and disappears forever, hiding therein, its shame. Since then, the Lie travels around the world, dressed as the Truth, satisfying the needs of society, because, the World, in any case, harbors no wish at all to meet the naked Truth. ~~ The world-famous painting- "The Truth coming out of the well" Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1896.