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

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

The view of Lake Glenville from the hot tub is beautiful. The path winding down toward the lake, the plants … More

While reading Osho, a thought came to me. Almost everything we perceive is covered with layers of memory. We rarely … More

The Ripple Before the Cookie Thought, Sensation, and the Road to Nirvana. I was reading about the relationship between thought … More

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

The Audiobook I Didn’t Want to Hear How Awareness and Equanimity Caught Up with Each Othe Awareness and equanimity seem … More

Running and Returning What became clearer this morning is that the present moment is not a fixed thing. It is … 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