Dear Friends: For all the challenges we face, Nature has a solution. – Janine Benyus 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: “In spiritual freedom, we do not become free from events, but we become free within events. Circumstances lose their power to lacerate our minds.” – Gavin Harrison, In the Lap of the Buddha Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use […]

Dear Friends: How do we cultivate our own love medicine, that which is healing our hearts? We need time and space in order to suss out where our hearts are weeping and wounded. We need the will and intention to inquire about the conditions ruminating in our heart-mind, and we need the healing power of […]

Dear Friends: “Don’t chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Find joy and peace in this very moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh 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: Constant Okayness It’s not impermanence per se, or even knowing we’re going to die, that is the cause of our suffering, the Buddha taught. Rather, it’s our resistance to the fundamental uncertainty of our situation. Our discomfort arises from all of our effort to put ground under our feet, to realize our dream […]

Dear Friends: Bliss is a By-Product There may be bliss with awakening, because it is actually a by-product of awakening, but it is not awakening itself. As long as we are chasing the byproducts of awakening, we will miss the real thing. – Adyashanti, “Bliss is a By-Product” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here […]

Dear Friends: How to Benefit from Unavoidable Suffering Suffering can be our greatest source of transformation. The dharma teachings show us how to use all the stuff of life””particularly those unavoidable experiences of pain, loss, and suffering””as fodder for awakening. – Carolyn Gregoire, “Buddhist Thank-You Cards” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer […]

Dear Friends: Self-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship…..we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch. – Parker J. Palmer, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to […]

Dear Friends: If you’ve lost your true path, you’ll have to make changes in order to find your way back to it. Once you’re on course, you’ll discover that change, in the form of growth and forward progress, is an intrinsic and unalterable component of a fulfilling existence. As any good Buddhist will tell you, […]

Dear Friends: Develop the habit of noticing what your mind is doing as it does it. And when appropriate, do not be shy about consciously directing what actions your mind undertakes. If you are in the grips of an unhealthy state, do what you can to abandon it. If a healthy mental or emotional state […]