Suffering is optional
I’m often a witness to suffering, to others as I throw myself towards them in an effort to serve and to my own as I learn that mostly the way to heal is to simply see. I’ve been all over…
Four Noble Truths
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Repetitive practice is all that works : the fourth noble truth
I hike the same set of paths almost every day all summer. It’s hilly and wild, big vistas of grass and one singular, spectacular, magnificent old growth Oak Tree in the center of it all. A ranger told me it’s…
chasing desire is like a drug: the second noble truth
Always desiring what is awesome and avoiding what sucks keeps me on a hamster wheel that never really gets me anywhere. It’s elusive how I can feel so good in a moment by pursuing what I externally desire… only to…
Where we find refuge
When I was little, we had a heater on the wall in our bathroom. I’d curl up on the floor in front of it, finding refuge in the heat and the time with my mom as she got ready for…
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let go of suffering…
My deep awareness of this tendency locked inside me keeps me waking each day with a renewed commitment to practice, stay conscious, work my program and stretch every chance I get. So often I have to push thru something that…
I believe in the extreme.
I spend a sincere amount of effort studying, practicing and living on the middle path. I’ve found with total certainty that the middle of things is where I find the most peace, the most sustainable happiness and the most…