Almost Unbearable
We are all going to die but don’t know when. Life is precious. These truths are traditionally contemplated to motivate a spiritual seeker to persist, with patience and trust, during the work of uncovering...
Letting Go of Fear – Finding Courage in the Face of Uncertainty
Even though we know fear does not serve us, we often allow it to stop or limit us. We might not even be aware of the ways it drives us and makes us smaller...
The Dharma on the Front Lines: How to Work with Conflict
Peace sometimes feels impossible to find. It is there for a while then something happens and conflict or friction returns. It may be conflict with ourselves, in relationships to people close to us, at...
Three Kinds of Liberation
The elevation of liberation into a metaphysic keeps liberation at a distance. The practitioner then perceives weeks, months or years to achieve liberation.The practices include ethics, meditation and wisdom. This sense of direction can...