Dear Friends: It’s the biggest thing; it’s what we need to get about life. Nothing outside my head is a problem. Nothing. All problems only, ever, exist inside my head. If I can get that, then I know where I want to focus. I want to end the suffering””the tyranny, the misery, the agony””where it […]

Dear Friends: Many people experience their true path not as something that happens to them but as the simultaneous loss of self and complete connection with the universe. When the essential self is really in its element, you may be so involved with the work at hand, the people around you, and the things you’re […]

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Dear Friends: OF COURSE! Of course egocentrickarmicconditioning/self-hate is challenging to deal with. That’s why we practice! We can’t take that on or take it personally. Ego is what it is and does what it does. If we are unconscious to it, it will provide for us a lifetime of suffering. If we see it for […]

Dear Friends: “In the course of coming to understand reality, we confront increasingly deeper concepts about who we are, concepts that form the foundations of our suffering. Our belief that our body is the same body as the one we had in childhood generates all kinds of suffering. But the deeper problem is that we […]

Dear Friends: “Each moment of practice is a moment of learning.” – Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi, Heart of the Brush Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring

Dear Friends: To everyone everywhereNo one, no one is excluded from my heartTo everyone everywhereNo one, no one is excluded from my heart I wish you well, my belovedI wish you well, dear sweet soulI wish you well, my belovedMay you live at ease, May you live at ease! – Pablo Das Read More Mini […]

Dear Friends: Remember this year to use your imagination deliberately and wisely. It really does seem that whatever holds our attention, whatever calls to us, eventually comes calling. – Martha Beck, Imagic-nation Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring

Dear Friends: Thus have I heard: that on one occasion the Blessed One was living among the Kurus. Now, the Kurus have a town named Kammasadhamma. There Ven. Ananda approached the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to […]