How can our practice help us develop a healthy and full sense of self? How can we come to true self? There are several aspects…
Patience has a certain impatience built into it. In Zen the word is “constancy.” Instead of patience, constancy is a kind of dedication to what…
“In this world, hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is the ancient andeternal law.”—Buddha
Pick a situation of difficulty or conflict with others. Reflect on your last encounters and on the motivation from which you operated. How did this…
If we are able to quiet the mind and face what is true it’s easier to envision liberation from suffering for ourselves, our community and…
Grief and loss and suffering, even depression and spiritual crisis, the dark nights of the soul only worsen when we try to ignore or deny…
You’ve had many tastes of the ever-present mystery of life when you’ve fallen in love or been present at the birth of a child, or…
One of the world’s greatest examples of how to survive difficult times is Nelson Mandela, the first president of modern South Africa. After twenty-seven years…
In attempting to draw light into our lives, we inevitably encounter the intrinsic darkness that surrounds our existence. Our task, as honorable beings, is to…
“Who is your enemy? Mind is your enemy. Who is your friend? Mind is your friend.” ~Buddha I have on my refrigerator a picture of…
The near enemy of equanimity is indifference or callousness. We may appear serene if we say, “I’m not attached. It doesn’t matter what happens anyway,…
Equanimity is not indifference, and compassion is not pity. True spirituality requires us to be fully present for life. For us to begin to look…
