Thinking Feeling Knowing Action

This morning’s meditation began without a destination. I followed the breath. Coming in. A pause. Going out. Resting. Then beginning … More

The Orchestra of Mindfulness

I sat down on a very comfortable hanging couch. It was suspended by a rope rather than a chain, so … More

The Beauty That Was Already There Lake Glenville is 3,200 feet above sea level. That’s a lot of water to … More

Tat Tvam Asi—“You are That.” What is “That”? Not the thoughts. Not the memories. Not the endless stream of impressions … More

When Traffic Becomes Music The Road to Nirvana Sitting on a deck in Duck, North Carolina, I was trying to … More

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

Riding The Wave Most of the time, attention is spread wide—taking in a broad field without precision. Imagine a megaphone. … More

Just as natural gas carries an added scent so that we can perceive what would otherwise be invisible, awareness too … More

It started by focusing simply on the breath—not the thoughts around it, just the quiet rhythm of air moving in … More

Breathe in. A tree exhales. Breathe out. A tree inhales. We are threaded into the same cycle, bound by the … More