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We humans are story-telling creatures, and we are also have stories in the sense of layers and depths–depths of suffering and also depths of insight.   And here is a secret: we open to those layers and depths as we learn to be still and attend to what is. We must learn to let go ofContinue reading “Stories”

Happy Valentine’s Day! I gently propose that we spend a little time today opening our hearts to the love and compassion that is always here, just waiting for us to lower our guard and let it in. This love and compassion is not the property of one individual. It is the luminous energy of theContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day 2022”

The English word morality suggests rules and constraints. The Buddhist word sila, which is often translated as morality suggests something different. In fact, in the ancient commentaries it is explained by the word samadhana, which means “harmony” or “coordination.” To practice right speech or right action or right livelihood means to be in harmony withContinue reading “A Greater Truth”

“We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, toContinue reading “Happy New Year, 2022!”

“People are somewhat gorgeous collections of chemical fires, aren’t they?” wrote Harold Brodkey. “We are towers of kinds of fires, down to the tiniest constituencies of ourselves, whatever they are.” Those tiny constituencies include our mitochondria, the little engines in the center of our cells, and smaller still: the molecules and atoms whirling and pulsingContinue reading “Gorgeous Little Fires”

“How did it get so late so soon?” –Dr. Seuss Dark times come in every life. Periods of bewilderment, feeling lost and hurt, being in darkness, this is part of being human. Remember that our greatest spiritual stories, including the story of the Buddha, Jesus of Nazareth, and Moses, all include chapters about these greatContinue reading “We Are Not Alone”