Small Transient Clouds - Vast Open Sky
“To genuinely understand the cause of suffering and our potential release and freedom from it, we have to look very closely at this root...
The Real Voyage of Discovery - New Eyes!
Many aspects of life seem stressful and profoundly unhealthy. Nothing substantive appears to have changed since Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)...
Sense of Self - Healthy or Unhealthy?
A healthy, quiet ego, is a sense of self that's more like a verb than a noun, and is necessary in order to function effectively in daily...
How Do You Know "It's Working"?
How do you know if your Mindfulness practice is "working"? Do sitting meditations become progressively easier and more pleasant? Does...
Too Insulated?
Some older homes, even today, have so little insulation that you can feel winds blowing indoors, near (closed) windows and doors. New...
Homeward
In some ways, we're all equal. We all want to be happy; none of us wants to suffer. We each have some sense of being part of a larger...
Openness to Wonder & Suffering
Zen talks about being on top of a 200 ft high pole, and then taking the next step. This is not about suicide, but about the fact that in...
It's Universal, Not Personal!
“When we begin to respond to discomfort instead of reacting to it, an enormous change occurs. We begin to experience it not as just ‘our’...
Anxiety & Suffering
Heavy emotions, that can completely mess up our minds & lives, feel truly threatening - like huge rocks that can roll on top of us at any...
Neurosis - Reifying 'I' & 'Mine'
"From a Buddhist perspective, neurosis refers to our experience of suffering based on a mistaken perception that the 'I' or 'self' is a...
