Realize that for many our negativity bias in steroids right now, and that’s OK. Notice the lovely things that happen in your day. Perhaps someone holds a door open to you at … Read more

Just as our mindfulness meditation builds the capacity to unemotionally witness the unfolding imagery in our waking state, it also allows our dream-awareness to neutrally observe its own late night show.   … Read more

There is a lot of pressure on the whole New Year’s thing this year, right? I mean, the pandemic, economic turmoil; not to mention I am behind a few loads of laundry. … Read more

Buddhism offers us a path to decolonize our own minds, thankfully. It not only teaches inclusion, it points out the shared insanity of separateness that causes so much suffering.   Lama Thubten … Read more

As I write this, the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election is still up in the air. The major news outlets sense our anxiety. We wonder how this can be? When … Read more

The next tine you dive into another maelstrom… strap yourself with the rope of mindfulness onto the buoyant barrel of breath awareness. Oh, wait. I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me back … Read more

Despite all that is wrong, I can still take delight in a moment of well-being.   News stories are not the conversation starters they used to be. In the day, I could … Read more

I feel that I should be above it all, but mostly I’m not.   I struggle with my emotions. Meditation helps a lot, but sometimes I am just plain sad or overcome … Read more

  Just when I thought things couldn’t get more dreadful, they did.   Yes, I know pandemics happen. Evolution hurts sometimes, I guess. Writing in the New York Times on September 23rd … Read more

The suffering in the world is overwhelming. But the whole mess looks differently when we have a rested, settled mind.   Everyone is frazzled. That’s why it’s really important to sit down … Read more

Our simple path of mindful awareness has the potential to reveal wonderful secrets hidden in the depth of our being.   Meditation has many wonders to reveal. Many insights into the nature … Read more

In April of this year Doug McGill interviewed the Burmese meditation teacher Sayadaw U Tejaniya concerning how a meditator can practice mindfulness in the pandemic.   His response was to practice as … Read more