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...
Say Wow
Each day before our surroundings become flat with familiarity and the shapes of our lives click into place, dimensionless and average...
Do What You Please, But I'm Watching
Alone, in a quiet place, muscularly relaxed (lying down or comfortably seated), I watch the emergence within myself of mental images,...
Memnoon: Blessing The One Who Is Asked
One of the keys to a happier life is doing only what you want to do. We have been taught that is being selfish. That teaching comes from...
Between Gift And Privilege
I’ve been wondering: What makes something a gift? What is the difference between a gift and a privilege? What...
Send Love -- It Matters
Somewhere someone needs help. Send love. It matters. If you can't get there yourself, Then take a deep breath. Breathe in the...
My Freedom Is In Your Hands
What if this virus had a hidden agenda other than spreading fear about how it might compromise our health? What if, hidden in its drive...
Cognitive Bypassing
I am a physician, neuroscientist, and anxiety expert. Many people I speak with have anxiety because they are trapped in their...
There Is Only One Taste
There is only One State, within which different states arise. There is only One Taste, through which different tastes flow. But One Taste...
Seeking To Understand
My friend Julie and her husband argue about the “right” way to do laundry: he loads the washing machine with dirty clothes,...
You've Been Nirvanized Since The Nonbeginning
Who can say that your mother has passed away? You cannot describe her as being or nonbeing, alive or dead, because these notions belong...
The Simplest Meditation
How can everything be perfect if it’s so screwed up? That question goes to the heart of the situation we find ourselves in,...