Monday, February 23, 2015

Singing the Song of Being

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Beginning a mindfulness meditation practice is difficult. You worry whether you’re doing it right.  You want to know what you’re getti...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Were you free to make a choice you didn't know you had? Where free will begins.

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In a previous post , I asked you to consider the example of someone insulting or offending us, we get angry and immediately think of thi...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Cooling the Fire of Anger with Rain

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Although humans like to believe that we’re rational cognitive creatures, we're actually fundamentally very emotional creatures. You mi...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

The Wisdom of Anger and the Illusion of Freedom

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Anger is a funny emotion, because although it often causes us and those around us suffering, we deep down kind of like it.  We like the fe...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

The Two Arrows

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I've been thinking about how relationships, mindfulness, and meditation work.  All of them seem to share a striking characteristic.  Wh...
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Friday, February 28, 2014

The Brahmaviharas: Unselfish Joy

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People often believe that Buddhism focuses on suffering and all the depressing things about life. Even if that were true, the fourth Brahma...
Friday, February 21, 2014

The Brahmaviharas: Compassion

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Compassion is the English translation of  karunā.  Sharon Salzberg, in her book Loving Kindness , notes that seeing the suffering of other...