Anger, like a flame-thrower, flows from our most primal, survival drives. We repress it or indulge it, at our peril. However we can...

“Tell me what you dreamt and I’ll tell you what it meant.” said the protagonist’s wife in Fiddler on the Roof. Often (so called) hidden...

Meditation could be good, but devoting seventeen seconds to generate a loving and wise intention, just prior to meditation, could make it...

EGO: it is NOT a Sanskrit, nor a Pali word. It comes from the Greek, and was popularized in the west by a Viennese physician, more than a...

So many people, frightened by fundamentalist’s tales of death and unfortunate rebirths, long for safety and hunger for reassurance. And,...

Having forged the habit of daily meditation, deepening its profundity is easy. Starting with FREQUENCY: meditate once every twelve hours...

Not all forms of spontaneity are created equal. SCATTERED spontaneity is quite often the result of our aversion, craving, and clinging...

When practiced effectively meditation could function as an instrument of evolution: changing us in ways subtle and coarse, slow or...

Don’t repeat my grave-side mistake. At nineteen I ignorantly thought that the spiritual path was intended to shield us from painful...

Viewing No-self as literal results in either confusion or pseudo-intellectual contrivance. However viewing Anatta as a tool of the...

Let us conclude with a simple call to action In the Tibetan tradition Lamas are supported not by monasteries but by students as such the...

“If it’s to be it’s up to me…” said (or thought) all who are victims of their own controlling tendencies; but neither Lao Tzu, nor...

Most of us don’t have eidetic recall, until it comes to insults and the hurt they inflict. Our brain replays them time and again, often...

Generalized anxiety disorder is a pain in the ass, and NOT in the fun tingly way. Our under-brains evolved an amygdala and the ability to...

Our mind could be likened to a supercomputer, so vast and creative that parts of it sometimes communicate to other parts of it in...

Enduring low self-esteem could sometimes feel like there is a small goblin nesting in our skull. Clever: he has access to all our...

Rage can creep up on us during meditation. It is strong, energetic, and defies being shaken off. It has mass, and adhesion, and it...

Love can tear out your still-beating heart and eat it before your dimming eyes. Unsurprisingly so many of us have wondered whether the...

The toughest thing about mastering meditation is making a habit of it. Fortunately neuroscience can offer some clues. We are wired for...

Memories of events long forgotten surfacing during effective meditation are nothing new. But what of similar memories surfacing during...