During our time together, in his purposeful and skillful way, Hector teaches me about the importance of bliss, walks me through emptiness, and reminds me of the importance of karma and intention. He is such a warm and caring example of what happens when you study Buddhism with your heart and your mind.
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Many of us, perhaps most of us need rituals in our lives. We use rituals to mark occasions of all types. And Sukhema uses poetry in his rituals, and perhaps it is reasonable to say that poetry can be a form of ritual. When we lose something or someone, ritual can help us to acknowledge the loss and let go of some of the things that we cling to.
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Sukhema knows about impermanence. He has lost his name (Larry Butler), his country (the United States of America), and more than a friend or two along his journey. He encounters it all with the heart of a poet.
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These are the cards I have been dealt. I am not crazy about them, but I must play them to the best of my ability.”
And that helped him to move forward and live fully. And living fully and finding purpose in being a role model for others released any power that idea of his own death had over him.
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One day a callous on the bottom of Terry’s foot burst open. Terry went to see his good friend the podiatrist and had a cyst removed. His friend told Terry not to worry. But to be safe, he sent the cyst to pathology. Two weeks later his good friend was telling Terry that he had a rare form of melanoma. And just like that, Terry’s life changed.
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