Cultivating Equanimity The near enemy of equanimity is the ordinary indifference of the uninformed. (Vm 9.101) When a person, hearing a sound with the ear, is not attached to pleasing sounds and not repelled by unpleasing sounds, they have established mindfulness and dwell with an unlimited mind. For a person whose mindfulness is developed and […]

Just Do! All that we should do is just do something as it comes. Do something! Whatever it is, we should do it, even if it is not-doing something. We should live in this moment. – Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, “Breathing” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and […]

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. – Carl Sandburg Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! The Four Sublime States May you be free from suffering and […]

Empty Nature of Awareness This emptiness is self-existent; nothing can touch it, concoct it, or improve it. [This] is the eternal state, for it knows neither birth nor death. – Ajahn Buddhadasa, Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree, p. 26 Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided […]

Be Patient with Your Mind Understanding comes from patiently reasoning with yourself. You cannot force your mind or order it about. – Gehlek Rinpoche, “An Interview with Gehlek Rinpoche” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Personal Training May you be free from suffering […]

I’m not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. – – Johnny Cash, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Personal Training – Subsidizing May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All […]

“It is my fundamental conviction that compassion”” the natural capacity of the human heart to feel concern for and connection with another being”” constitutes a basic aspect of our nature shared by all human beings, as well as being the foundation of our happiness.” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lion’s Roar Read More Words […]

Let Your Beliefs Evolve with You Beliefs””even the ones that feel most true””are only mental representations or symbols of our experience. We need to deepen our presence and ask ourselves: Do they match the actual, living, changing stuff of our experience in the world? – Tara Brach, “A True Taste of Peace” Read More Words […]

Shifting to An Awakened Awareness The evolutionary imperative of our times demands we evolve from seeing the world “out there,” separate and alien from us, to directly knowing our intimacy with all things. This is the shift from a dualistic consciousness to an awake awareness that recognizes nothing isapart from anything else, or from our […]

“We sometimes think of not knowing as something negative, but is it really? Truly not-knowing allows spaciousness, openness, and much greater intimacy. When we make not-knowing an intentional action, the barriers that hold us back from true intimacy begin to dissolve, offering much deeper connection with each other, and with the entire universe.” – Tenku […]