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Wisely Leaning In

Having loved enough and lost enough, I am no longer searching, just opening, no longer trying to make sense of pain, but being a soft and...

This is the 7th day of a flu I'm hosting. Since day 1, whenever I woke from a nap or night's sleep, I always expected at least a marked,...

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All our lives we get the highly confusing mixed message: "You're wonderful, just as you are" - THEN in the same breath: "But, you can do...

As we see our own thoughts, self-talk, planned & spoken words, planned & actual behavior, more & more objectively and in greater &...

When life suddenly kicks us in the gut, we automatically react with surprise, aversion, anger, indignation - "Why me?" "Why now?" "What...

To go beyond, to transcend suffering, we first need to deeply understand suffering. To understand anything, we must lean in close and...

Do I feel a pervasive sense of insufficiency, inadequacy, dissatisfaction, a constant hunger for more, for better? Is a hidden formula:...

When I was young, I was under the illusion of invincibility. I felt that old people belonged to a completely different species - that...

I meditate because: • evolution gave me a big brain, but it didn't come with an instruction manual. • life is too short and sitting slows...