The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.Don’t go back to sleep.You must ask for what you really want.Don’t go back to sleep.People are going back and forth across the doorsillwhere the two worlds touch.The door is round and open.Don’t go back to sleep.I would love to kiss you.The price of kissing is your […]

Adversity’s Blessing When empathy spontaneously arises, we sense the power of love as a blessing revealed by adversity. How embarrassing it is to see how preoccupied we have been with our own petty concerns! Seeing how affection stirs people to acts of selflessness inspires us to extend ourselves as well. With lovingkindness we see the […]

“If the education system fostered inner peace, compassion and non-violence, or the idea of doing no harm, students would learn how to achieve peace of mind. This is what is required if we are to fulfill the goal of a genuinely peaceful and demilitarized world.” – Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet House […]

This Too Shall Pass It is a blessing and a curse, this certainty that this too shall pass. First, the news meant to comfort you.When your heart is breaking open and you feel like you’re hemorrhaging from your chest and will never recover, this too shall pass.When you’ve lost someone or something you cherish beyond […]

“The Selves of our forest are no mere mute beings. They feel. They think, and they have opinions. Those of us who are attuned to them are able to understand them. To feel their pain, and to transmit their messages.” – Sapara People Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can […]

“In his peaceful opposition to the Vietnam war, his support for Martin Luther King and most of all his dedication to sharing with others not only how mindfulness and compassion contribute to inner peace, but also how individuals cultivating peace of mind contributes to genuine world peace, Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh lived a truly meaningful […]

The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! […]

Truth Shines Through Practice challenges our conditioned beliefs. And in this challenge, what isn’t true dissolves. – Caverly Morgan, “Overcoming Negative Self-Talk” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from suffering and the causes […]

Investigating Within To know the real situation within yourself, you have to know your own territory, including the elements within you that are at war with each other. – Thich Nhat Hanh, “Cultivating Compassion ” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring May […]

Investigating Within To know the real situation within yourself, you have to know your own territory, including the elements within you that are at war with each other. – Thich Nhat Hanh, “Cultivating Compassion ” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring May […]