Waking up to Love!
Awakening to the dharma (truth) means waking up to what is true, about waking up to ourselves and the essence of who and what we are. The word awake comes from Old English, awæcnan,...
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Refuge: The Heart’s Own Knowing
“Our practice is preparation for when real challenges hit.” – Ajahn Chah It’s important to recognize that we are living in extremely challenging times, and because of this, we are going to experience some...
Choices – The Ones that Matter and the Ones that Don’t
Every day we make many choices. Most of them are fairly inconsequential, like what to wear or which tea to drink, but some choices can radically change our lives. They may seem small in...
Inner Peace – Even in a Chaotic World
I recently led a meditation retreat with the theme of finding “inner peace” even in a chaotic world. The attendees were thirsty for the teachings and space to allow inner peace to settle into...
There is No Way to Peace, Peace is the Way
“You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself.” — Buddha As the planet heats up, and hostilities flare between groups and nations, how do we touch and embody the possibility...
Moving Beyond the Myth of Loneliness
What changes as we consciously turn toward our suffering, rather than away? We are conditioned to experience ourselves as separate from life. When we identify with this perceived separation, a natural byproduct is loneliness....
The Happiness of a Liberated Heart
We all share one thing in common: we want to be happy. This wish suffuses our actions, our thinking and our relationships with others. In contrast to the importance of the quest, the number...
Biking with the Buddha: Responding rather than Reacting
There was a time when I was living through the identity of an angry young activist. It was the 1990s, and I was sad about the state of the world and trying to effect...
What the Dharma has to Offer
During this last month, I’ve learned so much about teaching the Dharma. I decided to do the Landmark Forum leadership program, after 30 years of resisting. The funny thing is that while I’ve been...
Find the Thread. Reclaim your Heart. Follow the Wobble.
The Kogi are an Indigenous people who live deep in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mountains in an intact pre-Columbus society. They understand they exist to care for the world and the Earth....