Seeing the Secret Goodness
We can practice the awakening of sacred perception in our daily life, step-by-step. 1) Wait for a day when you awaken in a fine...
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Inner Freedom: Liberation of the Heart
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. ...
Practice: Don’t Know Mind
Use this practice to bring wisdom to a situation of inner or outer conflict. Initially begin by sitting. Later you can practice in social...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 23 – Garden of the Heart
Spiritual practice requires of us a kind and devoted attention to the opening of the body as well as the heart. We cultivate the necessary...
Obstacles Are Part of the Path
When we examine our own minds we will inevitably encounter the root forces of greed, fear, prejudice, hatred, and desire, which create so much sorrow...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 21 – What Changes Us
The spiritual path seems as much a journey of becoming who we are, rather than attaining some elevated sense of self. But what circumstances must...
Practice: Visualization
To work with a sacred image, choose someone who inspires you, St. Francis or Kwan Yin the goddess of infinite mercy, Jesus or Mary, Buddha...
Finding Refuge (Part Two)
(Read Part One of Finding Refuge) Traditionally, there are three levels of Buddhist refuge, outer, inner and innermost. On the outer level, we take refuge...
Finding Refuge
Victor Frankel, the concentration camp survivor, was also the founder of logotherapy. He discovered that most of those who survived the camps did so only...
Bodhisattva Vows
Consider undertaking the vows and practice of a Bodhisattva. In taking these vows you will join with the hundreds of thousands of Buddhists in the...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 17 – Duncan Part Deux
Jack sits down with, Duncan Trussell for part two of their conversation. To listen to the first part head on over to Duncan’s site. Subscribe to Jack...
Learning from the Precepts
Pick and refine one or more of the five basic training precepts as a way to cultivate and strengthen mindfulness. Work with a precept meticulously...
