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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Hold the Line

October 24, 2024
 
A colleague of mine visited the other day, terribly distraught. Her distress, its causes …

Asa

August 8, 2024

Although we humans tend to go to great lengths to make something happen …

Bear

September 29, 2023

I am not a concept Nor a statistic Or a Latin name scratched in the …

In What Key Do You Want to Sing Life?

July 30, 2023

I have always been a fan of songs like Secret Love, A Summer Place, Moon …

Eulogy

July 8, 2023

Just one look was all it took…I don’t know whether it was my activist friend’s …

Why Animals Need You to Meditate

June 9, 2023

The other day, someone asked me this question, “How does meditation help …”

Einstein's Wish

April 29, 2023

What led the twenty-six-year-old German-born man to dash, clutching a brown envelope …

The Lilac

May 14, 2023

Where shall this go, she wondered, Holding up the Lilac frond, Broken by the …

The Kindness Instinct

April 11, 2023

A few months back, I read about a man who, one winter morning, was walking …

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 …

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