Three Thoughts: Tough feelings and agitated thoughts cannot take over your life when you meet them with ease, acceptance, and a calm mind. Sometimes these old imprints bring with them visceral, rough feelings that have been locked away but suddenly have the space they need to…
As our self-awareness deepens, we begin to understand that much of who we are and how we see the world is formed through the accumulation of past…
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When desire combines with tension it morphs into craving. attachment is when you start craving for things to be a certain way. Craving is an extreme…
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Three Thoughts: One of the hardest things to bear is when someone who is very close to you is going through physical or mental struggle. You love them…
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For the past month my wife and I have been on a pilgrimage with fellow Vipassana meditators in the Goenka tradition, traveling around India and Nepal…
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The way the media focuses on extremes and drama makes it hard to see that we live in a special moment of grand transformation. Of course, there are a…
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Striving to create a life of permanent external peace reveals a deep attachment to perfection and an aversion to unpleasant situations. It also reveals…
You can’t force your partner to change or heal in the ways you want them to. Even though you may think you know what is best for them and you see a…
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