Dan Harris and I discuss trauma, lovingkindness, self-compassion, judgment, identity and more.
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…
We human beings are constantly in combat, at war to escape the fact of being so limited, limited by so many circumstances we cannot…
Aversion, anger, and hatred are states of mind that strike against experience, pushing it away, rejecting what is presented in the moment. They do not…
If there is one thing this world needs, it is more compassion. With tenderness and courage we can learn compassion for ourselves and others.
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…
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,…
The present moment is the doorway to true calm. It is the only place you can love or awaken—the eternal present. You cannot know the…
Imperfections are part of the display of life. Joy and sorrow, birth and death are the dance of existence throughout which our awakened consciousness can…
Every morning I awaken torn between the desire to save the world and the inclination to savor it.— E.B. White Spiritual life may initially be…
