Dear Friends: To be in touch with someone, a friend, who knows the path of freedom, who knows how to generate solidity and compassion is something very necessary. There is a very important word in Buddhism: kalyanamitra. It means a friend who is wise, a friend who has light – a true spiritual friend who […]

Dear Friends: “The fact that the brain can change in response to experience and training provides us with some idea about how the path of liberation might actually occur.” – Richie Davidson, shared with the Dalai Lama at the 2013 Mind & Life Dialogue in Dharamsala, India Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to […]

Dear Friends: Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestation of strength & resolution. – Khalil Gibran, A Revolution in Kindness by Anita Roddick. Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Anniversary eBook and Guided Meditation Bundle <!

Dear Friends: Afraid of the Past and the FutureAt the actual moment, as I am sitting here, I am not afraid; I am not afraid in the present, nothing is happening to me, nobody is threatening me or taking anything away from me. But beyond the actual moment there is a deeper layer in the […]

Dear Friends: At the time a thing is being done, there is no thought or feeling that one is doing it. This is further proof that one is not a doer. Claiming to have done a thing after the doing cannot make one a doer. – Sri Atmananda Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here […]

Dear Friends: Moving Beyond a Habitual Mind Any spiritual path should provide us with an understanding that gradually leads us beyond habitual, reactive mind so that we can engage in our life with intelligence and openness. – Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, “Open Stillness” Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for […]

Dear Friends: The Perfection of Generosity The perfection of generosity challenges us to identify our expectations, projections, and attachments

Dear Friends: What Lies Behind the Mask Instead of trying to polish our mask until it becomes perfect, we can start looking for the one who’s wearing it. – Santiago Santai Jimenez, “Waking Up Is Letting the Mask Fall” Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided […]

Dear Friends: ” ‘Awareness’ is the quintessential teaching of the Buddha

Dear Friends: I had just begun to ponder over the fact that all the things which I had found to be sources of happiness seemed to depend upon the capacity to relax all straining, to widen my attention beyond the circle of personal interest, and to look detachedly at my own experience. – Marion Milner, […]