Noble Eightfold Path

The road to hell is paved with good intention

The road to hell is paved with good intention

I’m surrounded by people better than me.  Or better in the way my judgmental mind still falls into the trap of ranking things.   I have the privilege of being around huge givers.. People who are truly making a dent…

Where we find refuge

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…

I believe in the extreme.

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…

Right livelihood; why money and big business are essential parts of a spiritual life.

Right livelihood; why money and big business are essential parts of a spiritual life.

When I was 10, while other kids built pinewood derby cars and played baseball at The Y, I was pretending to build businesses and thinking about how to have things work together effectively. I was 18 years old when I…

6 lessons from the land of the Buddha

6 lessons from the land of the Buddha

My first days here in Sri Lanka, the land of Buddha,  I notice immediately how people all over the world use different words and accents and approaches to communicate universal messages. My grandfather used to say to have, give all…