
Focus on the BIG Picture
Saints & mystics of all traditions, throughout the ages, all conclude that when we are able to appreciate life as it truly is, we become...


Reality - No Really!
Life feels radically different when we connect directly with the immediate present. This is so rare for most of us, that reading these...


Avoidance, Comfort, or Reality Check?
What is your worldview, your philosophy of life? How do you relate to this most fundamental of all concerns? Whether we realize it or...


Wave on Ocean
At some level we're well aware of the ever-changing, stressful, unsatisfactory nature of life. Buddhist psychology calls this "dukkha."...


Beyond Words, Ideas & Images ...
What is that "veil" between ourselves & reality? Can we perceive reality directly? "If we're living from the standpoint of a self-image...


Only A Dream
"Oh but it was only a dream, oh what a dream." Van Morrison "Only A Dream" On waking this morning, I saw with...


Challenging Truths ...
About three years after (her husband) Hob’s diagnosis, the author found herself very angry. Her meditation teacher advised: “ ‘This...


Taking Life's Journey Seriously
Deep engagement with life, via any one of the world's wisdom traditions, promises not merely a bit of relief & comfort (palliation), but...