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Fearlessness can Coexist with Fear
In meditation and in mindfulness practice, we are learning to replace fear with trust, not as an ideal or abstraction, but as a sense of...
Using Attention in a New Way
One of the things we are trying to do here, is learn to pay attention to seeing what complicates our attention -- where we get caught,...
Bringing Attention to Intention
The greater our awareness of intentions, the greater our freedom to choose. People who do not see their choices do not believe they have...
Natural Unfolding
I believe that spiritual practice unfolds most smoothly when we find how to accord ourselves with nature. A useful metaphor for this is...
Being a Naturalist
In mindfulness meditation we learn to be present for things as they are. In doing so, it can be useful to assume the attitude of a...
Intentions Are Seeds
While our activities have consequences in both the external and internal world, happiness and freedom belong to the inner world of our...