Daily Vicissitudes of Life
To go beyond, to transcend suffering, we first need to deeply understand suffering. To understand anything, we must lean in close and...
Meaninglessness & Desperation
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Henry David Thoreau As people enter their late 60s and early 70s, I often see how...
Discomfort, Drowsiness, & Frustration
“Until you have at least a moderate degree of stability, ‘mindfulness practice’ will consist mostly of mind-wandering, physical...
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...
Wisdom or Despair?
Many (most?) people come to mindfulness (MBSR) because they find life unpleasantly stressful and understandibly want to be more...
