Posts by Forrest Hill

Throughout my many years of meditation practice, I’ve discovered that the simple yet profound concept of curiosity has brought some of the  most transformative changes[…]

I began my meditation practice in earnest about 11 years ago. I was originally motivated to practice because of a desire to overcome anxiety and[…]

I began my meditation practice in earnest about 11 years ago. I was originally motivated to practice because of a desire to overcome anxiety and[…]

It seems mindfulness has become the tour de jour in 2015. It is everywhere. Parade Magazine called mindfulness meditation the number one health booster, the[…]

The Buddha singled out wise speech as one of the important factors for awakening. It is part of the eight fold path, leading to the[…]

When I first began practicing mindfulness meditation, I was surprised by the constant chatter of thoughts running through my head. What I found most disturbing[…]

There is a belief, I’ve often heard, repeated that meditation practice, and metta or loving-kindness practice in particular, is self-indulgent. That by focusing so much[…]

The Buddha taught that joy and happiness already reside within us. To cultivate these qualities, we just need to develop wholesome states of mind that[…]

According to the Buddhist tradition, we can’t experience the really profound, transformative effects of meditation if our practice isn’t grounded in an ethical or moral[…]