GOOD NEWS: you don’t have to be Taoist to apply the teachings of the Tao Te Ching! You don’t have to pray, or worship, or practice...

Come, let us discuss Dude-i-tation, for it is the Jedi way. Evolution selected for each of us to have an inner Walter: hurt, and wounded,...

To all who are struggling with the prospect of living porn-free (and those who have taken it a step further striving to be masturbation...

Life is not always bliss. When life is tragic, and cruel and nightmarish what are we to do? When we are sitting by a relative’s bed in...

Sadly, fundamentalist teachers are not known for their perception of subtly. However, when we take a nuanced view of the first two noble...

“Pain is weakness leaving your body!” bellowed the belligerent coach. Really? Because that sounds more like stupidity leaving his mouth!...

Greetings fellow hedonists. Let us fear not our cravings for they are natural. The question is “What shall we do with them?” Let’s walk...

In the sheer ignorance only possible in the mind of a nineteen year old, upon learning of the suicide of my stepfather I incorrectly...

Consider the dichotomy of hate and love. Hate controls whereas love allows. Recall, if you will, the throne room depicted in “Return of...

At the risk of sounding like a fortune cookie, the most effective way to study (no less master) Zen, is not to learn its techniques...

I only get to offer three words of warning to my adolescent self. I don’t know why these limitations are present. I do not set the rules....

Don’t try to teach a narcissist a lesson. They can NOT learn. For their problem is neither one of ignorance nor of so called “stinking...

The Buddha’s path is easy. The Four noble truths are easy. The Eight fold path is easy. And in none of these are we told to consider who...

Patrul Rinpoche’s final view of Ngondro was quite evolved. As a very young man he wrote a very conservative commentary to the Nyingtik...

Harvey Diamond wrote, “…put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If he eats the rabbit and plays with the apple I’ll buy you a...

She confided that she did not really want to meditate, but that she still wanted to feel terribly righteous about not meditating. So she...

Is desire bad? Or, to put a finer point on it, did the Buddha say that desire was bad? The second noble truth is NOT that our stress is...

Victim blaming is nothing new. This dark tactic of patriarchy has been used by narcissists to gaslight their prey since as long as...

A Zen Roshi enjoyed a hike on a beautiful spring morn. Turning to his student he explained, “If you perceive this then you know all you...

Nature abhors a vacuum, and so does the human mind. Our survival needs shaped our evolution and selected for the ability to extrapolate...