Pain Pain is part of life. But it is not all of life. Pain touches everyone—physical pain, loneliness, grief, anger, fear, exhaustion, injustice.It is in the world. It moves through us. It does not make us less. Pain can close the heart. It can also open it.If we face it honestly, without hiding, without running, […]

Taking the First Step Even very basic beginning practice, like mindfulness of the breath or sound, begins to relieve suffering, reduce our stress levels, and motivate us to practice more. – Interview with Mirabai Bush by Alex Caring-Lobel and Emma Varvaloucas, “Working with Mindfulness” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you […]

…I cannot fly or make something appear in my hand,I cannot make the heavens open or the earth tremble,I can live with myself, and I am amazed at myself, my love,my beauty,I am taken by my failures, astounded by my fears,I am stubborn and childish,in the midst of this wreckage of life they incurred,I practice […]

“Mind and heart are the forerunner of all things. If you speak and act with a pure heart and pure mind, happiness follows you as closely as your own shadow.” – Dhammapada Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Healing Cancer with Your Mind May […]

Understand Your Mind Just understand your mind; how it works, how attachment and desire arise, how ignorance arises, and where emotions come from. It is sufficient to know the nature of all that; that alone can bring you happiness and peace. Thus, your life can change completely; everything turns upside down. What you once interpreted […]

Reflecting Upon Social Action One reflects thus: “I shall initiate and sustain verbal acts of kindness toward my companions, both publicly and privately.” One lives with companions in concord, with mutual appreciation, without disputing, blending like milk and water, viewing each other with kindly eyes. One practices thus: “We are different in body but one […]

Emptiness of Self in the Suttas Monk to Ananda: “It is by clinging, Ananda, that the notion ‘I am’ occurs, not without clinging. And by clinging to what? To form, feeling, perception, formations, consciousness.”Ananda: “When I heard this teaching I made the breakthrough to the Dhamma.” – Buddha, Samyutta Nik?ya 22:83 Read More Words of […]

“Can you feel that starting where you are, and relating from where you are, is much more empowering than starting with the demand that it be otherwise?” – Phillip Moffitt Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Anger Control Guided Meditation May you be free […]

How grand it would be if we could put the largeness of life itself, not our egos, at the center of our attention, care, and active concern. – Parker Palmer Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Achieve Goals Guided Meditation May you be free […]

“There’s a tendency to compensate for a belief in your lack of agency, worth, or mattering. And then we acquire those compensations, and now we’re living them out today.” – Rick Hanson Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! 9 Minute Meditation May you be […]