The Thread of Practice
“… after all the years of practicing meditation to retrain the mind to dwell in the present moment, brain disease gradually leaves you...
What is Freedom?
“Vaguely I began to realize that she was my double – myself as a five-year-old girl. As she kept walking slowly toward me, I knew that...
Challenging Truths ...
About three years after (her husband) Hob’s diagnosis, the author found herself very angry. Her meditation teacher advised: “ ‘This...
Wisdom & Ordinary Mind
"Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream; Like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud, Or a flickering lamp, an...
Releasing the Ego's Grasp
As we practice mindfulness - formally, as well as during regular activities - we repeatedly observe the arising of obstacles that can...
Linear Time - Vertical Time
“After that landmark morning at the diagnostic clinic, I also recognized that we were living with another dimension of time. Something in...