On Waking Up — The Attack of the WhyBut Monster
On Waking up — Why and but are stop words. They are useful for getting…
On Waking Up — Awake as Compared to Asleep
On Waking Up — Awake as compared to Asleep It’s hard to admit, but our…
The Finger That Points to the Moon…
The Finger That Points to the Moon… — our internal representations are neither real, nor…
Thoughts on Letting Go
Thoughts on Letting Go — letting go is all about learning what you can control,…
Finding Compassionate Wholeness
Compassionate wholeness happens infrequently in our world, because of the downward pull toward security and…
About Embodiment — 12 Ideas
Embodiment — you are all of you — body, mind, and energy. There are ways…
About No Past – 12 Ideas
No Past — One of the toughest ‘sells,’ both in therapy and in life, is…
About Happiness – 12 Ideas
About Happiness — The key to happiness and contentment: happiness is determined by your intention.
About I‑am-ness — 12 Ideas
I‑am-ness — One particularly interesting way to look at ourselves as human beings is to…
About Being Chained – 12 Ideas
About Being Chained – I must take full responsibility for my choices, decisions, and directions.…
About Knowing Yourself — 12 Ideas
Knowing Yourself — I suspect that most people are more concerned with perfecting their defensiveness…
About Mind Movies — 12 Ideas
About Mind Movies — The stories we create might be interesting (to us) but they…
About Results — 12 Ideas
The usefulness or validity of an action is always determined by the result. If it…
About Self Actualizing — 12 Ideas
Self Actualizing — Self Actualizing means being in charge of one’s wife through both acceptance…
About Taking Action — 12 Ideas
About Anxiety — 12 Ideas
. It is impossible to live life free of anxiety. There is the anxiety that…
Bring Wisdom — 12 Ideas
Bring Wisdom — If life has any meaning, it is this: each event of life…
About Reality
About Reality: learning to be in the present moment, in the real, is key to…
Another Look at Emptiness
Another Look at Emptiness — a Western look at emptiness, and how different categories of…
The Emptiness of Everything
The Emptiness of Everything — watching the workings of our mind as we invent meanings…
Life, Death, and “Gone”
Life, Death, and “Gone”– we take life for granted, putting off the work we need…
Zen Living: 5 Ways to Land
Zen Living: everything is unique. You must work on each thing, and be vigilant all…
5 Ideas About Compassion
5 Ideas About Compassion — The root of Compassion is ‘being present with.’ As we…
10 Things Your Mommy Forgot to Tell You
10 Things Your Mommy Forgot to Tell You — We are taught from birth to…