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 … More

Whirlpools of Mind

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

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

This morning’s meditation centered on the unfolding edge of now — how each moment emerges quietly, continuously, almost too smoothly … More

I began by noticing something very simple. Before I form a sentence in my mind, something is already moving. There … More

I was sitting. At first, I’m not sure what came first —the tension in the bodyor the contraction in thinking. … More

Imagine sunlight spread across the whole sky.Soft. Diffuse. Everywhere at once. Now imagine placing a magnifying glass under it.The same … More

Think of a computer monitor. What appears on the screen feels complete and self-contained: images, words, problems, stories, identity. But … More

I imagine shrink wrap—the kind used in shipping, where all the air has been pulled out. Whatever is inside is … More

It’s a familiar idea that medications have a half-life.You take something into the body, and over time it loses strength. … More