Jumping into Awareness: Embracing Life’s Ups and Downs

I remember being in junior high school, standing on the trampoline in the gym. The first time I jumped down…

The Leading Edge of the Happiness Wave

I woke up with a leftover dream. I was holding this nut-shaped thing. Not a walnut exactly. It had a…

Most of the time my experience is flattened. Body sensations, mental narration, emotional tone, memory, anticipation — all blended into…

I wake with tension already swirling—old echoes, new impressions, the pull of the day pressing in.I notice it all, but…

I imagine I am meditating in a small, circular room. The walls feel close. The air feels tight. I am…

The mirror does not need reflection to be reflective. Its surface exists, complete in its potential, whether or not anything…

This morning I consider the space before I speak. Before the word forms, before breath carries it outward, there is…

I am standing on the sidewalk in Brooklyn, on Amboy Street just down the corner from Pitkin Avenue, small enough…

Sometimes I think about how memory and thought actually work in the mind. Most people assume that memories are stored…

Am I moving through awareness or is awareness moving through me? Let me begin with the orchestra. When I listen…