The Quiet Decay of Old Noise

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

Faster Than a Speeding Thought

There’s an old phrase—faster than a speeding bullet.It was never really about speed.It was about not being able to see … More

Three hundred eighty people sit on a plane—some in the front, some in the back. Those in the back may … More

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

As I move through the day, I notice the subtle currents in the feeling center of the body.Sometimes there is … More

I sit quietly and allow thought to settle, like a stone dropped into still water. The question Who am I? … More

After reading in Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s book his suggestion to go into conflict—into the very heart of the noise, agitation, … More

Sometimes, when emotions like anger or frustration take over, it feels like everything inside us is in a knot. Our … More

I was thinking this morning about a few of my golf swings—specifically the ones that ended with something close to … More

There is a subtle current moving through every moment—mood. Like a room’s lighting or the key of a song, it … More