insight

Opening to insight

Fundamentally, we don't know anything about anything. How then can we even begin to cultivate insight into how things really…

March 19, 2009

Research: Naming negative emotions makes them weaker

Wired Magazine reports on research that's of relevance to meditators -- especially those that use the vipassana technique of "noting,"…

February 16, 2009

Overcoming “change blindness”

Would you like to see the world in a new way? A way that's more authentic and satisfying? A way…

January 4, 2009

Waking up into the moment

The goal of Buddhist practice is "bodhi" or "Awakening." Waking up fully to reality may yet be far off, but…

February 22, 2008

Looking into our fetters — and finding freedom

As we practice meditation it's inevitable that we'll outgrow some of our initial understandings, and sometimes an aspect of practice…

May 30, 2007