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With mindfulness we can open to the mystery of our human incarnation—to gaze with an open heart at the unbearable beauty and the ocean of...

“Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, even...

The poet Mary Oliver writes, “To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold...

How do we tend ourselves, how do we tend this world? Can we pause, be present, take a step back and be the loving awareness...

Conflict is natural—we can be attached to our needs, desires, ideas and visions. Our brains are wired with a negativity bias to look for things...

Many of us discover we live partially in a dreamworld, cut off from whole pieces of our life, our body, our past. Though we may...

It’s an important time to come together. We don’t want outer conflicts to take over the heart. Then we can venture into the conflict of...

We can tune into the goodness of the world that’s not always featured in the news. This is an invitation to understand equanimity and to...

This is a time when the veils have been lifted—with the pandemic, climate change, & calls for justice we see that we are not separate....

What these divisive times call for more than anything else is an ability to listen with the heart. The Buddha explained that if the members...

Suffering is not the end of the story. We can get lost in our suffering. But we can also be witness to bravery and the...

What is right effort? Simply the effort to be mindful, to notice what is happening in the present moment without judging it. In Zen it...

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