Renunciation & Meditation
“All of us … have sizeable egos. The ‘me’ and ‘mine’ syndrome and ‘if you please, I’ll keep it and you stay out’ attitudes create all the...
Weakest Link?
There's a saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. In some ways this applies not only to mechanical devices, but to...
"It Don't Come Easy"
We're drawn to meditation from a deep desire to improve the quality of our lives. We learn the practice, but unfortunately, most of us...
Consistent Meditation Practice
No matter how enthusiastic we are while taking an 8-week MBSR course, or while on a silent meditation retreat, we often fail to firmly...
Difficulties - Objects of Meditation
When life suddenly kicks us in the gut, we automatically react with surprise, aversion, anger, indignation - "Why me?" "Why now?" "What...
Letting go of Views
We live in a vocally-, sometimes violently-opinionated, highly polarized age, where unexamined identification with groups: political,...