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It is fairly common for crisis and pain to connect people with
It is fairly common for crisis and pain to connect people with their capacity to love and care about one another. It is also common that this openness...

YOU HAVE A CHOICE If you have embarked on this journey of
YOU HAVE A CHOICE If you have embarked on this journey of self-reflection, you may be at a place that everyone, sooner or later, experiences on the s...

HOW TO WORK WITH PLEASURE AND PAIN In Tibetan Buddhism
HOW TO WORK WITH PLEASURE AND PAIN In Tibetan Buddhism there’s a set of teachings for cultivating compassion called mind training, or lojong. One o...

HOW TO BUILD INNER STRENGTH You build inner strength through
HOW TO BUILD INNER STRENGTH You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult p...

WHY MEDITATE? Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we
WHY MEDITATE? Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the job that we ha...

AWAKENING IS ESSENTIAL Times are difficult globally; awakening is
AWAKENING IS ESSENTIAL Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add mor...

Heart Advice of the week: THE PATH OF PAUSING The primary
Heart Advice of the week: THE PATH OF PAUSING The primary focus of this path of choosing wisely, of this training to de-escalate aggression, is learn...