Respecting OurselvesThe whole process of meditation is one of creating that good ground, that cradle of loving-kindness where we actually are nurtured. What's being nurtured is our confidence in our own wisdom, our own health, and our own courage, our own goodheartedness. We develop some sense that the way we are—the kind of personality that ...
Dealing with a Diagnosis of Terminal Illness For most of us, whether it is we ourselves or someone we love who receives a diagnosis of terminal illness –– the news stops us in our tracks. There is a gap, our mind stops. After that moment our mind may go in many different directions. We may feel fear, grief, or shock. Or if we have been ...
Uncertainty of LifeThis anxiety or queasiness in the face of impermanence isn't something that afflicts just a few of us; it's an all-pervasive state that human beings share. But rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity, the uncertainty of life, what if we accepted it and relaxed into it? What if we said, "Yes, this is the way it is; th...
