“The greater part of human pain is unnecessary.It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.”~Eckhart Tolle Several years ago, I ran into a friend who had just finished a month-long silent meditation retreat. I asked her how it was, and as she pointed to an imaginary banner across her ...Read More
A Wise and Kind Relationship to Your Feelings
​​​​​​For the past two weeks, we’ve been studying emotions. You can find these past posts here and here. What have we discovered? The Essence of Meeting Emotions The physical body is primed to experience emotions. They’re normal. Things get complicated when our thinking minds try to make sense of what’s ...Read More
What You Need to Know About Emotions—Part 2
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~Rabindranath Tagore ​​​​​​​Last week we started talking about emotions. Why? Because they’re part of the human experience. Many of us find emotions overwhelming and don't know how to be with them. If you’d ...Read More
What You Need to Know About Emotions—Part 1
"Open your heart to who you are, right now, Not who you would like to be. Not the saint you’re striving to become. But the being right here before you, inside you, around you. All of you is holy." ~John Welwood Whether you are well established in knowing the peace of your true nature—or you’re new to the ...Read More
Die Before You Die
“When it's over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.” ~Mary Oliver ​ “Die before you die”…this is a phrase from the Zen and Sufi spiritual traditions, and I recently got to see the meaning of it up close. For a month, I watched my ...Read More
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