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Loving your inner critic (Day 15)

We all have an inner critic that tells us we're not good enough. Sometimes it tells us far worse things…

April 26, 2013

Metta-blast to the past (Day 4)

A lot of us have trouble feeling kindness (metta) for ourselves. We've been brought up, or have learned, to think…

April 15, 2013

“Never underestimate what you can accomplish”

I came across this video on Facebook recently and wanted to share it. So do a lot of other people.…

December 2, 2012

Becoming a rock-solid regular meditator: an update

Six weeks ago I wrote a post about an attempt I was making to make my meditation practice into a…

November 1, 2012

Becoming a rock-solid regular meditator

I really admire those few people I know who can honestly say they've been meditating for 10 or 20 years,…

September 14, 2012

Know you’re a good person

For many of us, perhaps the hardest thing of all is to believe that "I am a good person." We…

October 29, 2011

Letting go of limiting self-views, embracing our potential

Recently a woman wrote to me to tell me about her meditation practice. One thing she said was very interesting.…

May 9, 2011

Learning to love ourselves

It happens so often among spiritually-minded people. We give our all to love and care for others, and yet when…

February 22, 2010

Mark Twain: “Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol…”

Bodhipaksa explores the relationship between hats, iPods, desires, and needs. And also figures out what the Pali for "Palm Pilot"…

November 21, 2008