Someone wrote to me recently and asked two questions, which boiled down to: Did the Buddha teach self-love? Is loving…
I came across this on Mastodon (the BEST social media platform), shared by user Vee, and thought it was really…
One of the members of Wildmind's community reminded me recently of an article, "The Surprising Downsides of Empathy," that appeared…
Someone recently wrote to me sharing his reservations about the use of the word "love" to translate metta. Metta is…
I have a daily Zoom meditation group as part of Wildmind’s Meditation Initiative, and there are often a few pets…
This summer I read a book by Arthur C. Brooks, who until recently was president of a conservative think tank,…
Many, many years ago, when I was in my twenties, I was at the apartment of a newly divorced woman…
One thing that's changed my life more than any other is the practice of self-empathy. Simply hearing the term for…
In general, we human beings have trouble doing things that are good for our long-term wellbeing, but which may be…
One of the emphases in my teaching of lovingkindness is what might be called connection before cultivation. Basically this is…