Jack sits down with fellow podcast patrons, Duncan Trussell and Dustin Marshall, for an in-depth discussion about navigating some of the darkest corners of the…
Finding a way to extend forgiveness to ourselves is one of our most essential tasks. Just as others have been caught in suffering, so have…
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…
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 do not focus on human limits and pathology, what is the alternative? There is another orientation, a way to recover our human happiness.
(Read Part One: Natural Joy) When I returned to the United States and began to teach, my colleagues and I tended to emphasize the…
Read Part One: Free From Views Such listening is never more powerful than when we sit face to face with the mystery of death.
“The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition – no matter how ancient or impressive – it…
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…
It is a great relief to discover that our stories do not fully define who we are, or what is happening to us. One practitioner…
Inevitably in working with the mixed difficulties of communities, teachers, and ourselves, we will be asked for a certain measure of forgiveness. Forgiveness does not…
