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  • Beginner’s Mind

    I recently listened to an episode of the podcast: Meditation Changes Everything, with Craig Hamilton. Craig explores the quiet power of approaching meditation — and life — with a “beginner’s…

  • Paramita – Concentration 2

    We are continuing our exploration of the fifth in the series of Transcendental Virtues: Meditative Concentration. In our practices, we work with the practice of mindfulness of body, breath, and…

  • Why Are You Here? II — Nature of Mind

    So, Peace, Love, and Happiness. If that is what we all want, why does it seem so hard to find? Perhaps it is because we are “looking for love in…

  • Independence Day

    I wish you a Happy Independence Day; a celebration of the day when our country declared the freedom to live according to a new set of principles described in our…

  • Suffering Times Three

    At a recent session, someone brought up the experience of being in a situation where they were experiencing joy in that moment and, at the same time, experiencing the inherent…

  • Resistance is Futile

    “Resistance is futile” is a quote from the Star Trek franchise, where it is often uttered by the Borg, an alien culture that wants to take over the universe. The…

  • Perception — Not What You Think

    There is a difference between what your senses experience (raw perception) and what you understand and experience in the mind. Your perception is the direct sense contact with the physical…

  • Perception

    In our conventional reality, compared to the ignorance-free ultimate reality of the Buddhas, perception is two-fold. First, there is the raw data picked up by the sense organs—that’s how an…