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When I was a kid, I won one of those finger traps as a prize at a carnival. It was a tube made of woven raffia, and you’d put a finger in...

It’s February, and yes, I’m going to touch on love, but not the brand promoted by Valentine’s Day. Love is a feeling, yes, and a cultural...

My mother and I enjoyed very different flavors of spirituality, but she handed down a lot of wisdom. She used to say, “You’ve got to pray...

The first in a series on Re-Attunement In times of disruption, keep it simple. Sit. Inhale. Close your eyes. Exhale. Inhale, rest your...

Over the years, I have developed a number of approaches to work around all the ways resistance shows up when I sit to meditate. (In case...

I’ve been on this journey of spiritual unfoldment for almost four decades now, and what I have noticed is that my learning has a...

Wouldn’t it be nice if it were simple? When we sense hunger, we eat. When we feel tired, we sleep. When we feel pain, we stop and assess....

This post regards everyday uncomfortable thoughts. If you are experiencing painful thoughts that alarm you or others, frighten yourself...

A common misconception I regularly hear from early meditators is the belief that the goal of meditation is to stop all thought. They...

Many people tell me they just can’t meditate; I wholly respect and honor this feeling. Before I began investigating it, I felt the same...

Apologies to Raymond Carver for butchering the title of his 1989 book, "What We talk About When We Talk About Love," but I just love his...

There are a lot of metaphysical books out there, and I have read many of them. Below are some resources I found helpful in developing my...

I love to meditate; it is often the best part of my day. I don't follow a particular method or a teacher; over time I learned to simply...