How Do You Know?
How do you know when you're being true to yourself, living your own life? Can you tell when you're doing the right thing based on who you...
Towards Deep Authenticity
Almost all of us are preoccupied by anxious, fearful, compulsively 'driven' thinking, speaking & other actions, arising from self-esteem...
Wisely Leaning In
Having loved enough and lost enough, I am no longer searching, just opening, no longer trying to make sense of pain, but being a soft and...
Safety, Ease, Freedom, Authenticity
Does meditation practice feel very different from “real life” – working, home life & holidays? When - if ever - do we feel completely...
Presence in the midst of Everything
In his 70s & 80s, my Dad often told me how surprising it was, repeatedly, to see an old man looking back at him in the mirror, because...
Time for Self-compassion?
Low self-esteem is very common in North America, especially among helping / health-care professionals, but it's very widespread. Many of...
Towards Inner Peace
“Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.” Marianne...
Informal Continuous Practice
We can practice self-awareness on many different levels. On perhaps the most meaningful level, we can notice, moment-to-moment, our...
Progress?
Most of us are aware of having several 'buttons' - issues about which we're hypersensitive. Whenever these buttons are pushed, we...
Who Am I?
When a student complains about suffering to a Zen teacher, the student may be asked "WHO is suffering?" This may cause the student to...
