The Swan and the Sandbar

There is an old image of a swan that can separate milk from water when the two are mixed together, … More

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 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

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