Walking Through Tender Ground Of Our Suffering
“We call this ‘practice’ and it’s called practice for a reason. We’re practicing how to meet life, how to meet our experience. And meditation is[…]
Making Our Practice Personal
“No one can ever explain to us how to have an experience. If they could, we would all be enlightened by now. Our task as[…]
Aligning With Resilience: The Web of Life That We Are
I once read a quote somewhere about how nature’s pace is always slow to medium, in stark contrast with the ever-quickening multi-tasking of modern human[…]
Who’s Keeping Score?
“Falling down is what we humans do. If we can acknowledge that fact, judgment softens and we allow the world to be as it is,[…]
Cultivating Our Capacity for Kindness is Key to Our Liberation
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[…]
Mindful Communication: The Gift of Wise Speech
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[…]
Judgment vs. Discernment: Moving From Preferences to Wisdom
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[…]