Dear Friends: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to confront only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not […]

Dear Friends: Fearlessness If we’re afraid of who we are, we continually feel frantic about filling that space, anything to avoid that persistent unease beneath the surface of our lives. The fearlessness of the warrior comes from stepping again and again into open space, with body, breath, and heart exposed. It is the fearlessness that […]

Dear Friends: “When you see the suffering inside yourself, you can see the suffering in the other person, and you can see your part, your responsibility, in creating the suffering in yourself and in the other person.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh“ Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks […]

Dear Friends: “You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.” – 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: Most of us are feeling the atmosphere of fear and animosity surrounding the U.S. elections and, more broadly, the distress about the violence and natural disasters playing out globally. It’s intelligent to feel fear. We need to actively engage and respond to the very real and immediate dangers of these times. And, our […]

Dear Friends: Sujata’s Gift With or without a thousand cows, auspicious signs, and golden bowls, Sujata’s meal is recognizable. It’s the soothingly sweet kheer that we order at Indian restaurants after a satisfying, spicy meal. It’s the rice pudding that many of us longed for as a simple but comforting childhood treat. It’s the arroz […]

Dear Friends: Only emptiness can give you more. Any other kind of “more” becomes less, intensifying your dissatisfaction and cluttering your beingness. – Mooji 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: The Science of Meditation: What We Know (And What We Don’t) The science behind mindfulness meditation has often suffered from poor study designs, lack of funding, and small effect sizes. As a result, there is still a lot we don’t understand about mindfulness and meditation. – Greater Good Science Center, Lion’s Roar Read […]

Dear Friends: “Right effort directed in the right direction is necessary.If your effort is headed in the wrong direction, especially if you are not aware of this, it is deluded effort.” – Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner”™s Mind Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! […]

Dear Friends: “We have the power to decide the destiny of our planet. If we awaken to our true situation, there will be a change in our collective consciousness.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, The World We Have Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How […]