Success & Happiness
“Don’t aim at success – the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness,...
Life as an Open Question
Life is uncertain. In terms of our relationships, what will we encounter next: coming together, separation, loss, surprise? My father...
Love
"When wanting and fearing aren’t restricting the view, there is the freedom to love.” Toni Packer “You never lose by loving - you always...
Depravity, Perfection, Paradox
If we successfully mature beyond adolescence (many don't), we let go of black-and-white thinking and learn to appreciate more & more...
Suffering, and Beyond
“Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is. … peace of mind is possible, no matter what the circumstances. …...
Mindfulness is Learned from the Inside
Mental health-care professionals and other counselors have a strong tendency to regard Mindfulness as a tool or technique they can...
As Simple as This?
The vast variety & shear volume of stuff rapidly coming at us & constantly changing can feel very disorienting & stressful. It seems to...
How to Thrive
Excerpt from Zen teacher Norman Fischer's 2014 Baccalaureate address to Stanford graduates "How to Survive Your Promising Life": The...
Masks & other Useless Distractions
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because...
Paradox Parade
As decades roll on, we tend to become tired of all types of conflict, outer and inner. Black & white thinking, being the rabid fan of one...
