Trust in the Difficult
It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear our astonished...
Residing in the Space Between
Everything that we call form and phenomena, that we call observer and observed, is all coming from the same place, including our own...
Substituting Presence for Preparation
Give up planning. Clear your mind instead of filling it. Don't spend your energy on preparing for the future. Redirect it to the...
The Art of the Skilled Mechanic
Not moving, not really thinking about anything, not really caring about anything either, seems to draw out the inner tensions and...
The Attention That Arises From Caring
Bare mindfulness, or attention from moment to moment, is a good technique as far as it goes, but I don’t feel it’s enough, unless you,...
Putting Foundations Under Castles
I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not...
Keep Looking and You'll See
There are three fundamental rules that all the wisdom traditions say will help us accomplish our task, if we follow them. The first is to...
Compassion in Action
I'm explicitly making my life a teaching, by expressing the lessons that I've learned through it so it can become a map for other people....
Thinking Beyond the "Box" of Our Judgments
It is difficult, if not impossible, to be genuinely curious about someone’s opinion and try to reach some deeper understanding of what...
Active Laziness
How many of us are swept away by what I have come to call an "active laziness"? Naturally there are different species of laziness:...
The Basic Delusion
The human mind, in its desire to know, understand, and control, mistakes its opinions and viewpoints for the truth. It says: this is how...
Exploring the Human Heart
I thought I knew what fear was, until I heard the words 'You have cancer'. Real fear came with an unmistakable sensation: it was as...