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...
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...
“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...
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...
An adapted excerpt from Lama Rod Owen’s recent book “Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger” (2020) – shared with permission Blackness and anger are not the same thing. This has taken...
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...
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...
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...
