Mariposa Reflections is a free e-post that explores Buddhist teachings and practices through the lens of Nature Consciousness to deepen our understanding of Nature’s nature and that of our own.
Each essay reflects on a particular personal or cultural experience as we endeavor, in the words of English philosopher John Butler, to make the world whole by becoming whole.
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Mary, Wolves, and Warthogs
December 2, 2022
A mother and baby Moose pass through the camp of resting Wolves. A Grizzly Bear …
Bears and Samarra
November 16, 2022
A story told by Death: There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant …
They Have More Places To Go Than Us
November 8, 2022
The old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and …
Half-Full or Half-Emptiness
October 26, 2022
Maurits Cornelis (M.C., as he is better known) Escher was a Dutch artist of the …
Nature's Practice
October 2, 2022
We are delighted to announce that our Mariposa Reflections and its …
Being Nothing
February 13, 2022
The notion of a separate organism is clearly an abstraction, as is also its boundary …
Being Salmon
January 15, 2022
I’m going to die. Time is running out for me and for my companions, my …
Angle of Re-Entry
January 9, 2022
Like people on the Moon I see, are things not meant to be. – James …
Brown Bears and the Inner Body
January 1, 2022
“Play was important for the cubs. Their world wants to be around play at that …”
Embodied Activism
December 19, 2021
After receiving last week’s Martians and Meditations post, a reader wrote …”
Martians and Meditation
December 12, 2021
When I was just the age of starting school, there were two television programs, what …
Revelation is Relational
December 5, 2021
I wonder what I out to tell you about the friendship there was between me …
Elephants and Existence
November 28, 2021
As we saw before, moments of deep love can break through internal walls and …
The Duck and The Ego
October 26, 2021
This week we delve further into what the experience of ego and egolessness might …
The Mountains Are In Us
November 14, 2021
Welcome to Mariposa Reflections! In our first post, we begin by exploring how the …
