Self and Not-Self: Who (What) are You?
How do we wake up and live our awaking in the world with all its difficulty, divisiveness and heartache? How do we stay connected to the depth, beauty and richness of who and what...
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Practice as a Way of Remembrance
Many are referring to this time as apocalyptic. Fair enough. It can seem as though everywhere we turn a dismantling of some sort is in the works. While we might intellectually feel able to...
Meeting Grief with Love
Last week, I stepped outside our apartment, looked up at the sky, and took a deep breath of fresh air for the first time in over a week. It was a blessed change from...
Continuously Stepping off a Cliff
“Most people won’t go to a monastery…but for most people the monastery will come to you.” -Shinzen Young In 2020 it would seem the monastery has come to us, whether we wanted it to...
A Call To Action – We are Interconnected
Everything is Impermanent. A teaching I must remember so I don’t stumble into the dark night of the soul. What helps me is the aphorism my late teacher the Venerable Sangharakshita gave me. ‘Reality...
Adapted Excerpt: Blackness and Anger
Below you’ll find an adapted excerpt from Lama Rod Owen’s recent book “Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger“. Blackness and anger are not the same thing. This has taken me years...
Restorative Stillness Even During Turbulent Times
The last several months, as soon as you think our world conditions could not possibly get worse, they have. During such harrowing times, it would be easy to let go of your meditation and...
Integrity – A Bridge Over Troubled Water
In challenging situations, we can lose our ground. Not knowing what to rely on, we are liable to reactivity, either withdrawing or lashing out. When we doubt our ability to meet challenges, to make...
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...
The Power of Change
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...