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Just Note Gone
Which technique would I pick as the quickest path to enlightenment? That is a question that I’m often asked. It’s a...
Three Stages Of Perceiving Impermanence
Impermanence is just appreciating the normal changing-ness of each experience at deeper levels of poignancy. One way to think about this...
Recycling Karmic Trash
It’s very common for people on a meditative or spiritual path to develop a kind of sensitivity to the poison and pain of others....
Two Ways of Learning Relaxation
There are two ways of learning relaxation, because there are two distinct levels at which a person can relax. I speak of top-to-bottom...
The Test for Meditation in Action
When we first come into this life we form a self in order to cope with the world. The baby has a rather scant self and commensurately...
Learning to Suffer More Effectively
Psychological grasping is your main source of suffering, not the physical sensations in your legs -- that is to say, how much you...
Equanimity: The Radical Permission To Feel
Equanimity is a fundamental skill for self-exploration and emotional intelligence. It is a deep and subtle concept frequently...
Addicted to Thinking
The issue is not so much the presence or absence of thought activity during meditation. Rather, the issue is the degree to which ones...
Share Pain Not Suffering
Just as insight has many facets, so also with service. I would like to talk about just one aspect -- compassion. Compassion is...