Who is your enemy? Mind is your enemy. No one can harm you more than a mind untrained. Who is your friend? Mind is…
The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.—Sri Nisargadatta When we carefully observe our thoughts, we discover that they are not in…
“Enlightenment is one with the trusting heart.”- Zen proverb You can learn to trust the big picture, you can learn to trust your inner knowing,…
We human beings are constantly in combat, at war to escape the fact of being so limited, limited by so many circumstances we cannot…
Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is the ancient and eternal law. —Buddha Without forgiveness we are chained to…
“Ultimately it is on our vulnerability that we depend.”—Rilke As children, many of us were taught courage in the form of the warrior or the…
The beautiful truth is that love can be awakened, cultivated, and invited to grow in our hearts. The practice of metta or lovingkindness taught here…
Sometimes you need a story more than food. Sometimes to hear a story and sometimes to tell it. We all carry personal stories we long…
Equanimity is the willingness to be in life, but to be spacious and open, to have a vast perspective and say, “Yes, here I am,…
Even in the most difficult times, it is possible to see something much bigger. We need to be able to envision another world—a world that…
Each of the qualities of the awakened heart, such as love, joy and peace, have what are called “near enemies”—aspects which mimic and limit them.…
As we observe our thoughts and question our beliefs, we come to understand that while thinking, planning and remembering are vital to our lives,…
