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  • Understanding Suffering

    This is a short section from the book, High Altitude Meditation by Doug Kraft. The Buddha never said “Life is Suffering.” He said it had suffering. If we look deeply…

  • Resist Nothing, Hold Nothing

    We have spent our lives developing a strong (more or less) sense of self, and in the process, ingrained habitual patterns of thinking and reacting to our world from our…

  • Mindfulness Chocolate

    Consider, if you will, the quality of mindfulness, being fully relaxed and open to our experience in the present moment, and how that is so easily disturbed by tension created…

  • Everywhere and Every Day

    We have been working with the Six R’s (see appendix) as a way to deal with distractions during practice and in our daily life. Hopefully, this does not become “just…

  • Fluidity

    Let’s explore the fluid nature of awareness with some simple exercises focusing on different aspects of our experience. We can easily focus the attention on any of the sense experiences:…

  • Doubts II

    Doubt is the first specific hindrance that the Buddha mentions. There are many more that are interrelated, but for now, we will focus on Doubt. This passage is from Doug…