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

We're drawn to meditation from a deep desire to improve the quality of our lives. We learn the practice, but unfortunately, most of us...

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

A few days ago, I wrote about the importance of stillness during meditation practice. A wonderful summary: “until there is no movement to...

“Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he...

“Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is. … peace of mind is possible, no matter what the circumstances. …...

The vast variety & shear volume of stuff rapidly coming at us & constantly changing can feel very disorienting & stressful. It seems to...

We tend to inhabit a thought-world - 'the story of me'. Incessant self-talk is, we assume, our 'self' telling us who we are...

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