presence

Presence in the midst of Everything

In his 70s & 80s, my Dad often told me how surprising it was, repeatedly, to see an old man looking back at him in the mirror, because...

When a student complains about suffering to a Zen teacher, the student may be asked "WHO is suffering?" This may cause the student to...

All wisdom traditions suggest that humans have two fundamental natures: • the one with which we're all familiar; and • the other most of...

Life feels radically different when we connect directly with the immediate present. This is so rare for most of us, that reading these...

“In most cases there is an assumption that our experience is divided into two essential parts: an inside part – the inside self, and an...

“having arrived at the understanding that there is only awareness or presence, it becomes simultaneously clear that this has, in fact,...

As we encounter liminality, complexity, paradox & other challenges, we're being repeatedly invited not just to "think outside the box",...

We all have different ideas about what meditation is, even if we've practiced for decades. How we relate to meditation reflects the many...

We waste so much time & energy striving to get elsewhere - hoping that once we get there, we'll be happy, fulfilled. This means rarely...

As soon as the old "story of our life" pops up (for the millionth time) we feel its familiar achingly tiresome presence. We have 2...