Dear Friends: Life doesn’t push. That’s why we have the “still, small voice” image. We have to listen hard and pay close attention to hear Life’s messages. Ego thinks a hammer is the perfect tool for ALL jobs! If you don’t do what Life nudges you to do, there are no hard feelings, but don’t […]

Dear Friends: My wife and I met Sylvia Boorstein at the Good Earth at 9:00 in the morning [of April 15, 1997]. We had such a delightful time speaking with her about everything from dharma to family drama. She is obviously a wonderful and caring person who is enjoying a happy life between Buddhism and […]

Dear Friends: “Because they want to sell their products, advertisers water the seed of craving in you; they want you to consume so that you will have sensual pleasure. But sensual pleasures can destroy you. What we need is understanding: mutual understanding, trust, love, and emotional and spiritual intimacy.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Read More […]

Dear Friends: White people are never going to love me the way I need to love myself. Mindfulness practice gave me that clarity and [the] freedom to begin loving myself with the fierce grace that is required to hold space in environments that seek to destroy us. Mindfulness practice allows me to stand in the […]

Dear Friends: “Our intentional, effortful activities have a powerful effect on how happy we are, over and above the effects of our set points and the circumstances in which we find ourselves.” – Sonja Lyubomirsky Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Anniversary eBook and […]

Dear Friends: Gatha for Healing Racial, Systemic and Social Inequity Aware of the suffering caused by racial, systemic, and social inequities, we commit ourselves, individually and as a community, to understanding the roots of these inequities, and to transforming this suffering into compassion, understanding and love in action. As a global community of practitioners, we […]

Dear Friends: As we felled and burned the forests, so we burned, plowed, and overgrazed the prairies. We came with visions, but not with sight. We did not see or understand where we were or what was there, but destroyed what was there for the sake of what we desired. – Wendell Berry Read More […]

Dear Friends: Accepting Uncertainty Uncertainty, when accepted, sheds a bright light on the power of intention. That is what you can count on: not the outcome, but the motivation you bring, the vision you hold, the compass setting you choose to follow. – Joanna Macy, “The Greatest Danger” Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here […]

Dear Friends: Maintaining Authentic Presence In lovingkindness, our minds are open and expansive

Dear Friends: Just Experience What Arises There is an exquisite quality that comes from just experiencing what arises, completely, with no separation between awareness and experience. – Ken McLeod, “Forget Happiness” Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Anniversary eBook and Guided Meditation Bundle <!