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...
Beware of Darkness
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,...
Renunciation?
The previous two posts: http://jglovas.wixsite.com/awarenessnow/single-post/2017/07/14/Advertising and http://www.johnlovas.com/2017/07/r...
WHO is Suffering?
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...
Nowhere to Run
As we see our own thoughts, self-talk, planned & spoken words, planned & actual behavior, more & more objectively and in greater &...
Difficulties - Objects of Meditation
When life suddenly kicks us in the gut, we automatically react with surprise, aversion, anger, indignation - "Why me?" "Why now?" "What...
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...
If Only? Really?
Do I feel a pervasive sense of insufficiency, inadequacy, dissatisfaction, a constant hunger for more, for better? Is a hidden formula:...
Shifting to Reality
When I was young, I was under the illusion of invincibility. I felt that old people belonged to a completely different species - that...
Humorous Wisdom
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...
