From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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The problem with preferences
One of the core insights we come to through the regular practice of meditation is recognizing the nature of impermanence. This insight is valuable because it helps to free us from the suffering caused by grasping and clinging and wanting things to stay the same. One of the easiest ways to have such…
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A little Lao Tzu for you!
This week I taught Rick Hanson’s meditation group the first three of the series of six valuable questions we’ve been exploring here in these blog posts over the past months. I look forward to sharing the other three questions with them over the next two classes, as they were very receptive and enthusiastic. Many signed…
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In the vortex of the Eight Worldly Winds
Whatever is going on in your life right now, if you really pay attention, you will see that it is impermanent. For added help in seeing clearly what is arising and falling away, and how to be in skillful relationship with them, the Buddha divided the experiences, these ever-changing winds, into eight categories, presented in…
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Last Question in Our Series
Safety, Satisfaction and Connection The other day I heard an interview with Dr. Rick Hanson, in which he said that there are three central needs humans have: safety, satisfaction and connection, in that order. It struck me that the series of six questions we have been working with here address these three issues in that…
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Meditation: Chore or Pleasure?
Developing a meditation practice may feel like another chore to do, like taking out the garbage or cleaning the kitchen. Both require wise intention and skillful effort to do, and afterward there’s a noticeable positive difference in our lives. But they are also very different, probably in many ways, but here’s at least one: Chores…
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