Meditation Retreats are Powerful
If we go on retreat with the genuine intention to see life more clearly, and relate more honestly & open-heartedly with ourselves and...
Fundamental Nature?
All wisdom traditions suggest that humans have two fundamental natures: • the one with which we're all familiar; and • the other most of...
Preparing to See More Clearly
If we're honest, most of us find Zen masters', mystics' & saints' behaviors & writings incomprehensible, counter-cultural, unnatural...
Success & Happiness
“Don’t aim at success – the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness,...
Suffering, and Beyond
“Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is. … peace of mind is possible, no matter what the circumstances. …...
Wave on Ocean
At some level we're well aware of the ever-changing, stressful, unsatisfactory nature of life. Buddhist psychology calls this "dukkha."...
Cultivating Clarity & Compassion
"Meditation does not necessarily make the craziness go away; it just makes it less personal. You just have more space and the less you...
"Don't Take it Personally - But ..."
As soon as we hear that, we know we're about to be hit with a real zinger. Even if the advice comes from a trusted friend, and even -...
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...
ONE Human Family
Within our one human family are some very disturbed, immature people doing barbarous things to their own flesh and blood. But the idea of...
