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Heart Wisdom – Ep. 35 – Wisdom & the Characteristics of Life

In embracing our humanity, we move into the pure awareness of our own true nature, learning to live wisely and discovering freedom and compassion regardless…

Video: Inner Strength and Kindness: Practices for a Wise Life

“In this world, hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is the ancient andeternal law.”—Buddha

Practice: Meeting Difficulty with Wise Intention

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…

Free From Views

“The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition – no matter how ancient or impressive – it…

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…

Difficulties and Hindrances

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…

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 25 – The Wisdom of Uncertainty

“What we’re looking for is where we are.” Dharma speaks to the ways in which we choose to navigate the uncertainty of our time on…

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 24 – Gates of Awakening

A spacious walk through the shifts of identity that often occur as we move from the smaller sense of self into that place of loving…

Know That Power is Not Wisdom

To further sort out the gold from the dross in spiritual life we must distinguish between wisdom and power. Powers can include psychic ability, special…

Recognize the Halo Effect

In order to take what’s good, we need to recognize a second principle of wise relationship and disentangle ourselves from the halo effect. The halo…

Take What’s Good

When dealing with the humanness and the complexity of teachers, it is helpful to keep a few other principles in mind. One is called take…

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 15 – The Awakened Heart

We all carry questions about our lives and how we might find relief from the struggles we encounter throughout our mysterious incarnations. Who are we…

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