Importance of Stillness
A few people, despite comfortable padded chairs & clear instructions to remain still during sitting meditation, keep adjusting their...
Preparing to See More Clearly
If we're honest, most of us find Zen masters', mystics' & saints' behaviors & writings incomprehensible, counter-cultural, unnatural...
Obstacles or Hindrances
“When we’re not mindful of them, the hindrances envelop the mind and obstruct it from developing wise discernment regarding skillful and...
Presence
“In most cases there is an assumption that our experience is divided into two essential parts: an inside part – the inside self, and an...
Flowering Universe
"Growth fundamentally means an enlarging and expanding of one's horizons, a growth of one's boundaries, outwardly in perspective &...
"Go for the Gusto!"
'Going for the gusto' is about going out & doing the things you've always wanted to do with vim & vigor, for maximum pleasure & vigorous...
Only Loving Awareness
“having arrived at the understanding that there is only awareness or presence, it becomes simultaneously clear that this has, in fact,...
Koans from Non-duality
As we encounter liminality, complexity, paradox & other challenges, we're being repeatedly invited not just to "think outside the box",...
Now?
“... in the intimacy of our own being, which is prior to thought, there is no time. Our self is ever-present now and we do not experience...
What is Meditation?
We all have different ideas about what meditation is, even if we've practiced for decades. How we relate to meditation reflects the many...
