so it has been a bit since the last post. my laptop crashed and there was some drama getting it up and running again. 4 weeks of...

In this practice, it’s not uncommon to find yourself blocked, because you come face to face with your own fear, resistance, or whatever...

two more free days in front of me. this will no doubt pass very quickly. i have things to do, but am not sure if i will get them all...

Delight, enjoy. God is not a thing, it is an attitude, an attitude of celebration and festivity. Drop sadness. He is so close by; dance!...

Ani Pema Chödrön was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City. She attended Miss Porter’s School in Connecticut and...

image credit.. hans bellmar via dennis cooper Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father Run for your children, for your sisters...

“People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they...

image credit … lauris naglins i got calls from two of my dear friends today and both seemed to be swept up in a storm of harsh...

image credit… luis pedro de castro learning to let go of my expectations is an avocation. i struggle with it incessantly. strangely too,...

image credit… pieter heinket “The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of wisdom but rather leads you to the...

jude law image credit… john stoddart “People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means...

image credit…. dd mag You’re the only one who knows when you’re using things to protect yourself and keep your ego together and when...

image credit… denis darzacq as i have been working with patients at the hospital and with clients at my other position as well as...

Jetsyn greeting an old woman In a large field Jetsyn came across a very beautiful girl, about fifteen years old. He went up to her , and...

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can’t simply relax with ourselves. We hold...