Re-PostThere are times when life is just great. You're feeling happy and confident, on top of your game. But other times - and sometimes, out of nowhere - things go downhill. Tragedies, accidents, stressful events, conflicts, hostility - we all face these things at some point. How do you continue being the best self you can be, in spite of what yo...
What we're working with in basic meditation practice—and more explicitly in tonglen practice—is the middle ground between acting out and repressing. We learn to see our thoughts of hatred, lust, poverty, loathing, whatever they might be. We learn to identify the thoughts as "thinking," let them go, and begin to contact the tex...
In 2000, the Hopi Elders issued a prophecy for the challenging times that are now upon us. "There is a river flowing now very fast," they said. "It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly." The modern w...
