Anxious Impatience
A few years ago, research showed that the average university student doing research on the web read an average of one-and-a-half lines of...
Openness to Wonder & Suffering
Zen talks about being on top of a 200 ft high pole, and then taking the next step. This is not about suicide, but about the fact that in...
Me First
It's so quick & easy, especially today, to slam other people for their bad behaviour. Something in us is anxious to instantly eliminate...
Time-poverty, Ego & Timelessness
Most of us are all too familiar with constantly worrying about time. We complain if we have too much to do & not enough time, we grumble...
Anxiety & Suffering
Heavy emotions, that can completely mess up our minds & lives, feel truly threatening - like huge rocks that can roll on top of us at any...
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." ...
Things I SHOULD Worry About??
A thoughtful participant in an 8-week MBSR course shared that, while much of "self-talk" is just a distraction, some thoughts do actually...
Relevance & Meaning elicits Engagement
How meaningful & relevant do North American youth consider university education? Universities might examine the British Parliament's...
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...
We all want happiness, but what is it?
Don't we often look for happiness "in all the wrong places"? Isn't there an anxious, driven, compulsive quality to our striving? Don't we...
