Small Transient Clouds - Vast Open Sky
“To genuinely understand the cause of suffering and our potential release and freedom from it, we have to look very closely at this root...
The Real Voyage of Discovery - New Eyes!
Many aspects of life seem stressful and profoundly unhealthy. Nothing substantive appears to have changed since Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)...
WHEN is it a Good Time?
So often people tell me how they'd love to start meditating but right now are too busy, too stressed, etc, etc, etc. “… only 10 percent...
Sense of Self - Healthy or Unhealthy?
A healthy, quiet ego, is a sense of self that's more like a verb than a noun, and is necessary in order to function effectively in daily...
Commitment to: Depth or Distraction?
“Commitment is a profound decision to take our own journey and spiritual life seriously. We alone must take responsibility for what...
Relaxing into Being
“Many of us have unknowingly dropped into awake awareness while walking in nature, being creative, making love, or playing sports; some...
Shifting our Way of Knowing & Being
“When our basic awareness is revealed to be the foundation of both how we know and who we are, we can call it ‘awake awareness.’...
An Undivided Mind & Life
When we started to meditate, we noticed that our mind is often surprisingly (read disappointingly) feral - far from the slick, efficient...
Meditation is Already Happening
“… meditation is actually something that’s already happening within us. There’s a natural state of stillness and quiet that’s already a...
Healthy Disenchantment
How do we feel, the more often we repeat anything that was once our absolute favourite activity? Let down, disappointed, frustrated - we...