“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” ~Shunryu Suzuki There’s a phrase in Zen Buddhism known as “beginner’s mind.” I’m not a Buddhist, but I love that in any moment, all of us can be a beginner. We can ignore the thoughts that constrict, judge, limit, and define. ...Read More
Why Your Relationships Feel Unsatisfying
“Generally, between two people there is very little real meeting. There is only the coming together of two patterns. This causes conflict and boredom.” ~Jean Klein These powerful words in the quote above by Jean Klein call us into a deep exploration of how we show up in our relationships. When we come together ...Read More
Change, Loss, and Celebrating What Is
"The Master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao." ~Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu If you’re living a human life, then you will experience change and loss. Maybe you’ll be diagnosed with an illness ...Read More
Don’t Think About Yourself for a While
“When personal identification vanishes, all that then remains is a sense of presence without the person, which gets translated into a feeling of life as total freedom." ~Ramesh Balsekar Did you ever notice how much we think about ourselves? Track your thinking for even a few minutes, and you’ll probably notice a ...Read More
Bringing Nondual Reality Into Everyday Life
“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life flows.” ~Nisargadatta Maharaj Note: Please consider joining the upcoming mini-retreat on October 17 and 18. I would love to see you there! Click here for details. I am fascinated by the intersection of the truth of ...Read More
How to Live—From the Inside Out
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~Oscar Wilde Note: Please join my upcoming weekend retreat. I'd love to see you there! Click here for details. Our desire for embodied conscious living asks us to make a deep dive into our present moment experience. And this includes ...Read More
Don’t Trust the Comparing Mind
“We cannot solve problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” ~Albert Einstein If you’re part of the human race, then your mind probably compares. It’s the nature of thoughts to divide the world into this and that, good and bad, better and worse. The comparing mind tells you you’re not good ...Read More
Reflections on the Concept of Other
“The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinion for or against. The struggle of what ...Read More
What to Do with Sticky Patterns
"Someone, who has realized the Truth of what he is, rather than what he has been conditioned to believe he is, will be smiling in every cell of his being. It is infectious." ~ Mooji A powerful insight is illuminated when we realize how much our conditioned patterns interfere with our happiness. Many of these ...Read More
Ease and Flow in Uncertain Times
“If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity.” ~Eckhart Tolle Who would ever have guessed that we would get a crash course in uncertainty? Well, here we are. A global pandemic, the health of everyone in the ...Read More
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