Tag: Love
Wonderful, Messy Failure
We all face praise and blame, joy and sorrow, gain and loss. To have compassion for your human vulnerability is a blessed, tender practice. Poet…
Suffering and Letting Go
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is not. Suffering arises from grasping. Release grasping and be free of suffering. Anyone who has had even the briefest introduction…
Lean into the Wind
You are part of the web of life, so you don’t need to hold on so tightly. Ultimately, who you are is awareness itself. No…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 65 – Dharma in Uncertain Times with Trudy Goodman
By acknowledging the inherent impermanence in life, we can become comfortable with uncertainty and better navigate our incarnations as they are given. The word Dharma…
The Temple of Healing
We all need healing at different times in our lives. Sometimes we need healing for physical illness. At other times, we need to heal the…
Responding with Love and Courage
In a healthy response to pain and fear, we establish awareness before it becomes anger. We can train ourselves to notice the gap between the…
Happiness Now
After more than 40 years teaching mindfulness and compassion to thousands on the spiritual path, the most important message I can offer is this: You…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 60 – Vastness and Love
Explore the three-fold training in Buddhism which shows us the vastness and love within when we quiet ourselves. “When you live with integrity, when you…
Love Beyond Expectations
Romantic love can deepen when we let it. At first it is a kind of idol worship. It can come with idealism, possessiveness, jealousy, and…
Meditation on Compassion
May you be held in compassion. To cultivate compassion, let yourself sit in a centered and quiet way. In this traditional form of practice you…
Lover of the Moment
In order to be utterly happy, the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I…