A Celestial Call to Unplug

The awe-inspiring Northern Lights have recently graced much of the United States, visible as far south as Arizona. In a world often dimmed by screens and headlines, this rare spectacle serves as a poignant reminder of the untamed wonder in our natural... Read more

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Practicing with Clarity

If you had to guess, how frequently does the mind go negative? Psychologists say its about 80% of the time. So much of our day our minds are in a place of worry, anxiety, or some kind of judgment of ourselves or others. All of these thoughts are states ... Read more

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Practice as Protection

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KyS65fjrL4&t=1738s[/embed] I wanted to talk to day about practice as protection. It’s something I noticed when I began Buddhist practice and  meditation, which for me was in my early 20s. I met with a group in Oa... Read more

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The True Measures of Greatness

One of my favorite speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King is a sermon he gave called, “The Drum Major Instinct” in February, 1968 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. In this sermon, Dr. King defines the “drum major instinct” as the universal... Read more

Grief and Loss All Around Us

A Zen master was once asked by a student, Where do you go when you die? The master replied, Im going straight to hell. The puzzled student asked, Why? The master replied, Because thats where Ill be needed most. With the chapter of 2023 about to clos... Read more