Natural Wisdom

I’m sitting on the deck, looking across the Salish Sea at the sunset. Pinks, blues, purples, and yellows paint the sky above the mountains of Vancouver Island, while two Willow Flycatchers call back and...

Change takes place in every single moment. Within the mosaic of body, heart and mind, as well as in the structures of the outer. We can witness change. We can welcome it or refuse...

I don’t feel to do a Dharma pep talk to make you, or myself, feel comfortable right now. I don’t wish anyone to be uncomfortable either, but the truth is that we’re in the...

Most of us are slowly moving out of quarantine; we will encounter various situations along our path. Annica, (Impermanence), Dukha, (Suffering), and Anata, (No-Self) are the Buddha’s next teachings after the Noble Truths. There...

Dharma means Duty. Karma is volitional activity with its conditions in the past. Karma is dependent on getting what one wants. Duty emerges out of clarity in the present with the willingness to follow...

We’ve been living with COVID -19 since early March. People have been asking a lot of questions about how to practice with it. I always respond by asking more questions:  How have you been...

For many people I’ve spoken with this past week, restlessness, agitation and discomfort have been at an all time high. Maybe it’s that the novelty of staying at home has worn off. Or the...

Caverly Morgan is a long-term friend of Sangha Live. She has recently been offering teachings and meditations every day to the community, along with Martin Aylward and Kaira Jewel Lingo. One of her students...

As I check into my own body, heart and mind I know I am tapping into a larger inner world than just my own. As each of us ventures into our own individual minds,...

Since this pandemic began many clients have contacted me, reporting feeling either depressed and shut down, or in a state of panic, or quiet desperation. Although it is normal to feel difficult emotions during...