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Forgiveness and the myth of time

We all have a tendency to beat ourselves up over things we did wrong in the past, or that we…

August 19, 2021

Visiting scholar links buddhism and physics

Physics offers “crisper” analogies for meditation than traditional Buddhism does, said Fred Cooper, external professor at Santa Fe Institute and…

March 8, 2013

Relax, you’ve arrived

We spend so much of our time trying to get somewhere. Part of this comes from our biological nature. To…

June 26, 2012

When are you?

There’s a profound and miraculous mystery right under our noses: this instant of now has no duration at all, yet…

May 8, 2012

Ten tips for setting up a meditation practice

The benefits of meditation come with regular practice, and that means making it part of your life. That’s one of…

May 3, 2012

Five ways to slow down and stop rushing

As I was meditating this morning, our cat hopped up in my lap. It felt sweet to sit there with…

April 20, 2012

Stepping into timelessness

Sometimes in my meditation practice, time and space have vanished. There are passages in the early Buddhist tradition that encourage…

April 13, 2012

Mindfully navigating through overwhelm

I have to confess, I’m a busy-holic. I’m often balancing at the knife-edge of being TOO busy. But everything I…

April 19, 2010

Norman Fisher: for the time being

New York Times By Norman Fischer: I recently returned from a week-long Zen meditation retreat on the Puget Sound. I…

August 8, 2009