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…
Robert Johnson, the noted Jungian analyst, acknowledges how difficult it is for many of us to believe in our goodness.We more easily take our worst…
Learning takes place only in a mind that is innocent and vulnerable.—Krishnamurti There are four principles for mindful transformation of difficulties, poetically articulated by Michele…
The Buddha’s teachings point to a non-contentious heart. “There is gain and loss, slander and honor, praise and blame, pleasure and pain; the awakened ones…
“Teach us to care and not to care.” ~T.S. Elliot If you tell a Zen master everything is like a dream, she will take her…
“No one is forgotten. It is a lie, any talk of God that does not comfort you.” ~Meister Eckhart Milarepa, the most famous saint in…
The mysterious quality we call Love involves stepping out of the body of fear and allowing something bigger to be born in us, all the…
If we do not focus on human limits and pathology, what is the alternative? There is another orientation, a way to recover our human happiness.
The Buddhist tradition speaks directly about the hindrances that are encountered in the course of the spiritual journey. Buddha said that those who conquer their…
Discover what is asking for acceptance… This may sound like a very complicated and busy way to meditate, but in practice it is very simple.…
Sit comfortably and quietly. Let your body rest easily. Breathe gently. Let go of your thoughts, past and future, memories and plans. Just be present.…
Consciousness itself is the witness to our lives, and we are born with it, in its purest form. It knows that what we often identify…
