Intimacy and Loneliness
One of the strangest of today's phenomena is young people finding face-to-face conversations - even with friends - traumatic, and thus...
Open or Boxed-in?
It's fascinating to observe how boxed-in some people become over the decades. As soon as any topic slightly outside of their comfort zone...
Open Mind and Open Heart
Having facilitated 39 eight-week MBSR courses, to a full spectrum of participants from deeply religious (Christians, Muslims, Jews,...
Normal Resistance to Maturation
“If you feel safe and loved, your brain becomes specialized in exploration, play, and cooperation; if you are frightened and unwanted, it...
Tension Release Theory
“The thing about tension is that it can only survive in darkness. In other words, it can only really survive when we’re unconscious of...
Our Slow Journey to Love
Wise people throughout the ages have, at the end of a long life of searching, concluded that the only thing that really matters is love....
Mindfulness - Clarity and Love
Mindfulness is first and foremost about seeing clearly and loving deeply. Clarity and love actualize deep, meaningful engagement with...
Ready or Not ...
Things, exactly as they are, just keep knocking at our sensory doors. If we don't open the door, reality will simply break down all our...
Fear Itself
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Franklin D. Roosevelt Fear hides our courage to discover & embrace, with an open...
From Riddle to Roadmap
There are so MANY wise advices! They sound tantalizingly true: "Just this"; "Only have no preferences"; "All shall be well"; "Let go of...
