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, […]

Dear Friends: Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential. – Aung San Suu Kyi Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring <!

Dear Friends: Life bursts with miracles. We have everything we need to make the present moment the happiest in our life, even if we have a cold or a headache. We don’t have to wait until we get over our cold to be happy. Having a cold is part of life. I am happy in […]

Dear Friends: Trusting with the Heart When we trust with our open heart, whatever occurs, at that very moment that it occurs, can be perceived as fresh and unstained by the clouds of hope and fear. – Dr. Jeremy Hayward, “First Thought” Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for […]

Dear Friends: Don’t wish me happinessI don’t expect to be happy all the time…It’s gotten beyond that somehow.Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor.I will need them all. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Daily Peace Quote Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! […]

Dear Friends: “Just as we are all meant to be contemplatives and to hear the voice of God in our lives, we are all meant to answer God’s call to be His partners in transfiguring the world. This calling, this encounter with God, is always to send us into the midst of human suffering.” – […]

Dear Friends: “Engaged Buddhism is defined and unified by the intention to apply the values and teachings of Buddhism to the problems of society in a nonviolent way, motivated by concern for the welfare of others, and as an expression of one’s own practice of the Buddhist Way.” – Sallie King, Upaya Read More Mini […]

Dear Friends: This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one . . . – George Bernard Shaw Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring <!

Dear Friends: A gift comes to you through no action of your own, free, having moved toward you without your beckoning. It is not a reward; you cannot earn it, or call it to you, or even deserve it. And yet it appears. Your only role is to be open-eyed and present. Gifts exist in […]