Reading Archives (Author)
When Things Fall Apart
I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation...
You Can't Get There From Here
When you sit down to meditate, you can bring to your practice the notion of the threefold purity: not being caught up with ideas about...
To Be Continually Thrown Out Of The Nest
We think that if we just meditated enough or jogged enough or ate perfect food, everything would be perfect. But from the point of view...
Laziness As Our Personal Teacher
The path of awakening is a process. It’s a process of gradually learning to become intimate with our so-called obstacles. So rather...
The Trick is to Keep Seeing
(The Tibetan word shenpa) is usually translated “attachment,” but a more descriptive translation might be...
Reaching Underneath Our Protective Shell
There's a slogan in the Mahayana teachings that says, "Drive all blames onto oneself." The essence of this slogan is,...
Learning to Stay
In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and...
Cool Loneliness
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve...
The Shenpa Syndrome
Someone criticizes you. They criticize your work or your appearance or your child. At moments like that, what is it you feel? It has a...
Start Where You Are
We already have everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves--the heavy-duty...