The Island of Happiness and the Raft We Forget We’re Holding

The Island of Happiness and the Raft We Forget We’re Holding I’ve been circling around a few ideas, and today … More

Freedom Breath By Breath

Freedom Breath By Breath Boxes within boxes, a lighthouse of thought, the quiet moment when the climbing stops. Yesterday my … More

Unlinking Chains of Thought

Unlinking Chains of Thought From River… to Mist… to Ocean The practice continues: Let go of thoughts of the past. … More

Blankets of Me

Blankets of Me Happy Dust and the Invisible Self This morning my mind got playful. I imagined that at the … More

Breath as Liquid Wrench

Breath as Liquid WrenchSoftening the Mind Where It Has Seized Up Concentration on the breath, sensation, awareness, knowing as it … More

Contact: Where Attention Becomes Interest

Contact: Where Attention Becomes Interest Why Nothing Feels Dull When Contact Remains Mindfulness shows us where contact is already happening—and … More

You Cannot Return to the Same Home Twice

An old doorway opened this morning. What I used to call Aladdin’s closet—a small, sloping space from childhood, built by … More

What Are You Holding Onto Right Now?

I had just finished recording—peaceful, steady—and then, in an instant, it was gone. A minute and a half erased by … More

I Am My Own Echo

A cloud gives up its moisture as rain so plants can grow. An apple tree gives up its apples so … More

At the Top of the Stairs Entering the River of Illusions

When I was a kid growing up in Bellerose, Queens, New York City, most houses were pretty much the same. … More