Dear Friends: Start with Truth We think we know our own life, but what we know is only an edited version, colored by our emotions and narrow vision. How close can we come to the original draft? By staring at truth, the soil is warmed, and we begin digging toward the sky. – Gregg Krech, […]

Dear Friends: Letting Go Completely If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. And if you let go completely, you will have complete peace. – Ajahn Chah, “Lovingkindness for Control Freaks” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here […]

Dear Friends: “Too busy, too much to do” will never get it all done. Urgency-rushing-anxiety IS A STORY IN CONDITIONED MIND! As soon as we get HERE, we see none of it is true. Life is the ultimate time management expert. There’s always time to do what needs to be done in any moment. – […]

Dear Friends: You could be a social activist and a contemplative at the same time; you could speak truth to power and not be overwhelmed by anger; you could see the suffering of delusion of those who were causing egregious harm, and it was not a matter of not holding “others” to account but of […]

Dear Friends: Dharma practice gives us great tools for inner and interpersonal change. It’s empowering to explore how these can also be useful for social and environmental transformation. We will tour such qualities, including equanimity (upekkha), non-self (anatta), and sukha (yes, pleasure!). – Milla Gregor, Sangha Live Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to […]

Dear Friends: “Impermanence teaches us to respect and value every moment and all the precious things around us and inside of us. When we practice mindfulness of impermanence, we become fresher and more loving.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! […]

Dear Friends: Delineate Your Fear The Buddha himself described different types of fear: the useful kind that prepares us to take skillful action and reduce harm, and the kind that makes us see a cobra where a piece of rope has cast its shadow. – Pilar Jennings, Fear Read More Words of Wisdom Click here […]

Dear Friends: I’ve noticed that the biggest difference between wildly successful people and total failures is that the successful people fail more. – Martha Beck, The Joy Diet Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! <!

Dear Friends: Mother of All Beings The environment is not merely the place where we live and act, for the biosphere is the ground from which and within which we arise. The earth is not only our home, it is our mother. – David Loy, “Healing Ecology” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to […]

Dear Friends: Sweet Solitude Boredom and loneliness depend on investing in the sense of self. And, ironically, the harder we try to solidify our image of me through activity, the more we create the conditions for boredom to arise. If the sense of self is clearly understood as empty, solitude becomes a cherished companion. – […]