A Life Examined
“the duty of privilege is absolute integrity” John O'Donoghue To be alive is, in itself, an amazing privilege. So at day's end,...
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...
Waking Up?
Retired Sociology prof, Richard Boyle interviewed 11 senior, respected, North American Buddhist teachers about their life's journey....
Practicing Improves Performance
Wow! That's probably not a new concept for you, and yet ... How many decades have you spent admiring things you can't now (or ever will...
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...
Self-reflection - Why Delay?
Some of us suspect that deep down inside, we're nasty, "rotten to the core", and thus have a true aversion to any form of introspection....
Thoughts in Perspective
Thoughts are sometimes described "as writing on water, in essence empty, insubstantial, and transient. I love that. Skywriting is another...
Awareness
"Awareness is a capacity that we are all intimately familiar with and yet are simultaneously complete strangers to. So the training in...
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...
