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...

Turmoil can sneak into our meditation and steal our peace. What are we to do about it? Purveyors of cognitive behavioral therapy...

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...

Fear saved our ancestor’s lives many times over. But in our world (safe and sanitized) it often does more harm than good. After a...

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

Beware of stupid white men, crafting commentaries of commentaries, without ever having marinated in the eight-one chapters of the Tao Te...

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...

Some Zen students are advised to simply watch their thoughts while others are admonished “there is NO thinker of the thoughts.” Well,...

It’s not fair! So many good hearted people have been given so much bad advice about the (so called) mystery of NO self. Let’s begin by...

Discerning intuition from dread or desire (slavering and craven) could be dicey work. There are two toxic extremes: SCATTERED-spontaneity...

When ten minuets of daily guided meditation fails to deliver the concentration or clarity we desire we must question the purpose and...

There are experiences that belong in memory but which trauma chains to the present (where they can do the most harm) convincing us that...

Suffer from anxiety? Then walking meditation could be what the doctor ordered. Speaking of which, if your anxiety is debilitating and...

Meditation that wrestles with mental stress and physical restlessness is NOT meditation, but rather its analog. Like those pale, red,...

Breathing could be quite like a metronome; especially when it unfolds naturally and spontaneously. Due to one of evolution’s happy...

Morpheus explained “…the mind cannot exist without the body…” nor can panic attacks. Our triggers are a stew: both physical and mental....