Three Thoughts: Tough feelings and agitated thoughts cannot take over your life when you meet them with ease, acceptance, and a calm mind. Sometimes…
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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February 2023

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…

January 2023

Changing the environment around you can be really helpful, such as removing yourself from toxic situations or switching jobs or cities, but nothing can…
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It is unreasonable to expect a relationship without conflict. Since both of you have egos and because those egos have acquired a lifetime of…
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With just a small amount of partial information, the mind can develop a grand story that is driven not by reason but by tension. It is easy for the mind…
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One of the best ways to elevate your healing is to place more attention on feeling than thinking. Of course, it is valuable to understand yourself and…
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