Head Games vs Direct Engagement
“study without practice is like a ladle in a pot of soup. The ladle is in the pot of soup every day, but it does not know the taste of...
Ordinary vs Awakened Consciousness 1
Most of us operate in "ordinary consciousness" most (not all) of the time. At this level, we experience "consensus" or "conventional...
Taking Life's Journey Seriously
Deep engagement with life, via any one of the world's wisdom traditions, promises not merely a bit of relief & comfort (palliation), but...
Language & the Filter of Social Reality
Some 200,000 years ago, “we invented language and began to talk. As we talked with each other, we began constructing symbolically...
Relevance & Meaning elicits Engagement
How meaningful & relevant do North American youth consider university education? Universities might examine the British Parliament's...
Waking Up?
Retired Sociology prof, Richard Boyle interviewed 11 senior, respected, North American Buddhist teachers about their life's journey....
British Parliament's "Mindful Nation UK"
from this report: "Mindfulness means paying attention to what's happening in the present moment in the mind, body and external...
The Middle Way
"In Zen, one of the definitions of enlightenment is the harmonization of body and mind. This also means the harmonization of spirit and...
Family Life as Practice
“… monastic life was easy for (Gil Fronsdal), but marriage and a family pushed, stretched, challenged, and inspired him in ways that were...
Wisdom or Despair?
Many (most?) people come to mindfulness (MBSR) because they find life unpleasantly stressful and understandibly want to be more...
