All-important Basics
Meditation master Sayadaw U Tejaniya advises new students: "... to relax and be aware, to not have any expectations or to control the...
Avoidance, Comfort, or Reality Check?
What is your worldview, your philosophy of life? How do you relate to this most fundamental of all concerns? Whether we realize it or...
Entertainment & Nourishment
Below, a brief quote from a fascinating commentary on the respective roles of: • schlock entertainment, which comforts & lulls us to...
Defensive Reactions to Healthy Evolution
Our fight-flight-freeze reaction pattern to stress also affects how we manage the evolution of our own consciousness ("spirituality" for...
Wisdom or Despair?
Many (most?) people come to mindfulness (MBSR) because they find life unpleasantly stressful and understandibly want to be more...
Essence of Practice
Zen stories always intrigued me - I started reading them when I was 18. Thirty years later, I finally started to practice meditation -...
