EGO: it is NOT a Sanskrit, nor a Pali word. It comes from the Greek, and was popularized in the west by a Viennese physician, more than a...

So many people, frightened by fundamentalist’s tales of death and unfortunate rebirths, long for safety and hunger for reassurance. And,...

Having forged the habit of daily meditation, deepening its profundity is easy. Starting with FREQUENCY: meditate once every twelve hours...

Not all forms of spontaneity are created equal. SCATTERED spontaneity is quite often the result of our aversion, craving, and clinging...

It is a dark irony that the metaphors created by good hearted teachers, with the intention of benefitting their befuddled students have...

Mindfulness and meditation (together) make up twenty-five percent of the Buddha’s eight-fold path. But how could that relate to the...

When practiced effectively meditation could function as an instrument of evolution: changing us in ways subtle and coarse, slow or...

In the early 1980’s Rush sang, “…humiliation, the underlying fear…”. Wanna know a secret? Fear of scorn is baked into the cake of what it...

Not all meditation teachers are created equal. Some of them are wise, many are foolish, and some are downright cruel: convincing the...

Don’t repeat my grave-side mistake. At nineteen I ignorantly thought that the spiritual path was intended to shield us from painful...

Depressive anxiety disorder is a thief, robbing us of time, and joy, and even hope; for who’s to say that it couldn’t return? It is...

Viewing No-self as literal results in either confusion or pseudo-intellectual contrivance. However viewing Anatta as a tool of the...

There are many meditation teachers: ordained, or not, affiliated, or independent, carbon copies, or self-styled, greedy, or generous,...

I am going to tell you a secret about the Tao Te Ching. It is its own best commentary. But don’t take my word for it, put it to the test....

Let us conclude with a simple call to action In the Tibetan tradition Lamas are supported not by monasteries but by students as such the...

“If it’s to be it’s up to me…” said (or thought) all who are victims of their own controlling tendencies; but neither Lao Tzu, nor...

Generalized anxiety disorder is a pain in the ass, and NOT in the fun tingly way. Our under-brains evolved an amygdala and the ability to...

Turmoil can sneak into our meditation and steal our peace. What are we to do about it? Purveyors of cognitive behavioral therapy...

Enduring low self-esteem could sometimes feel like there is a small goblin nesting in our skull. Clever: he has access to all our...

Fear saved our ancestor’s lives many times over. But in our world (safe and sanitized) it often does more harm than good. After a...