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...
Shifting to Reality
When I was young, I was under the illusion of invincibility. I felt that old people belonged to a completely different species - that...
Over Thinking?
The untrained mind doggedly, compulsively returns to a few favourite themes. The up (adaptive) side: these "stories of me" serve to...
Love - OR - Fear
"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation." ...
Challenging Truths ...
About three years after (her husband) Hob’s diagnosis, the author found herself very angry. Her meditation teacher advised: “ ‘This...
At Home Feeling
Most of us, most of the time, fit one of 3 default self-centered ways of doing: 1) acquisitive 2) aversive 3) confused. Fear, anger, or...