“But imagine my surprise when, upon surrendering to wanting nothing, I am released from perceiving a lack, awakened by and to a want for nothing, instead.”
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Jessica Locke: Anti-Racism and Buddhist Practice (Episode 106)
“When everyone is doing better, everyone is doing better. And when life is precious, life is precious. Can we connect with this motivation?” -Jessica Locke
Who Knows Good News Bad News? – Dharma Talk (Episode 105)
“The good only stands out in contrast to something relatively worse; the bad only emerges from a context of relative good. The wise old farmer appears to see life holistically, […]
Desire Refined: Dharma Talk (Episode 104)
The transformation of desire is a critical component of the spiritual journey, but this transformation does not necessitate sacrifice and grim acceptance. Aligning one’s desire with the deeper quality of […]
Yes, The Unitive Mantra: Dharma Talk (Episode 103)
As Alan Watts put so well, “No one can be moral – that is, no one can harmonize contained conflicts – without coming to a working arrangement between the angel […]
The Way of Obstacles: Dharma Talk (Episode 102)
Challenging energy is part of the path. Can we open to these energies with curious kindness? Can these energies be integrated within our being? This is the path.
Dharma in the Time of Dukkha (Episode 101)
Practice is not a luxury. In times like these, practice is essential for resilience, centered-ness, and compassionate engagement.
Vanja Palmers: A Mushroom in the Lotus (Episode 100)
Some people in the spiritual world say we don’t need crutches, or that we shouldn’t use crutches. This is true, we don’t need crutches; we don’t need zendos; we don’t […]
Tuning the Lute: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 99)
Joseph Goldstein writes, “Effort becomes unskillful when there’s some idea of gain and a mind full of expectations, rather than an openness and receptivity to what is already.”
On Gratitude: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 98)
“As we peer into our experience, we peer into one of the biggest mysteries of all: The fact of our own consciousness peering back at the web of existence that […]
The Wings of Awakening: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 97)
Compassion without wisdom can lead to emotional burnout. Wisdom without compassion can lead to detached apathy. Together they balance and complement each other on the path.
Lateral Drift: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 96)
If the straight-ahead, conscious approach fails to render a solution, the “lateral drift” approach can be employed by allowing the mind to stop thinking about the problem which allows a […]
Dr. Judith Blackstone: Healing Within Fundamental Consciousness (Episode 95)
From the safe experience of fundamental consciousness – a consciousness that is awake to, within and beyond the body – we can release and unburden the body’s holding of trauma […]
5 Essential Yin Yoga Poses
Embrace the profound simplicity of the Yin Yoga practice with these five basic postures. Physically, this sequence targets all lines of the body for optimal health and function, while providing a necessary nudge towards energetic and emotional harmony.
The Knowing Ungrasps Tanha: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 94)
As the Buddha said, “The rain could turn to gold and still your thirst would not be slaked.” In many ways, the entire path pivots on the skillful relationship to […]
The Four Principles of Yin Yoga
Before practicing, it’s important to familiarize yourself with the four main principles of Yin Yoga. Please read through the following at least a few times to ensure you are practicing safely and intelligently.
The Heavenly Stings: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 93)
The initial experience of awakening is not often one of calm, serenity, and bliss; rather, the initial encounter is one of waking up to confusion, uncertainty, and despair. We can […]
Ungrasping This Moment: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 92)
If you let it, reality will wake you up out of your drifting state into a naturally awake state. This transitional pivot is the key moment upon which the entire […]
The Movie, The Viewer, and The Light: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 91)
“The ‘I’ that is looking for pure awareness can’t find it, just as a wave can’t do something to find the ocean.”
I Am Not My Green Jumper: Dharma Talk and Meditation (Episode 90)
If we respond to every television advertisement by purchasing the thing being advertised, we’d go bankrupt. In the same way, if we reflexively identify as the thinker of our thoughts, […]
Robin Wang: Yinyang Theory in Chinese Thought (Episode 89)
When two things interact, a third dynamic emerges. When two people come together a relationship emerges. When Yin and Yang come to harmony, a Third Way emerges as the Path.