The Inner Climate

The Inner Climate How mood feels on the skin of awareness Just as the skin feels different in dry air, … More

The Miracle of Walking on Earth

The Miracle of Walking on EarthRecognizing the extraordinary within the ordinary I read a simple line from Thich Nhat Hanh: … More

Noticing Right Now as “Is” What Is Happening in the Background of Now This morning, while continuing the practice of … More

Stepping Back Into the Bath of Now Carrying the warmth of awareness. After meditation this morning, something began connecting. In … More

Awareness Before the Next Object Attention, the disappearing object, and the brief glimpse of knowing itself This morning, while rereading … More

The Key Is What Is Pressing NowHow to Catch Up to the Present Moment Whatever is pressing in the mind … More

I was thinking about when I was a kid playing stoop ball. If the ball came back on a bounce, … More

Willawonta A thought experiment. Imagine sitting in a calm, open state—thoughts flowing without needing to be analyzed. Now imagine a … More

Riding now begins to feel like a rhythm. Each moment noticed is a kind of running out— into experience, into … More

Who’s Minding the Breath? Today a simple question stayed with me: Who’s minding the breath? I was practicing kapalabhati—active exhale, … More