Just as someone desperate to get out of debt can easily fall prey to shady creditors, so too a mind that is desperate to solve its problems

You don’t have perfect free will, thank god. As my teacher says, having perfect free will would be like living in a vacuum: there’d be no...

There’s a part of my mind I call “Plato”. I like to imagine him as an old man feverishly writing in an attic, waiting for the world to...

A parable: Once there was a man who didn’t believe in happiness. “It’s inside you,” people said. So the man got a knife and cut a hole in...

A man came to Carl Jung, seeking help interpreting his own dreams. But the man’s account of his dreams was so complicated that Jung...

Henry Miller once said, “When you can’t create you can work.” In other words, if you’re an artist, you can’t wait for inspiration to...

When I was younger, I used to be at the center of a lot of craziness. I’d find myself stranded on the side of the road in Morocco or...

When I was younger, I liked to meditate outside, on buses or in parks. I mentioned this once to my teacher, who said, “I think you should...

I once heard a beautiful story about Lou Reed. He was at a party when someone mentioned an old R&B tune. “I love that song,” Lou said....

I’m not sure when “duality” became a bad word. Yes, rigid binaries such as “good/bad” or “us/them” are toxic, but non-dualism can be...

“When sitting in meditation, say ‘That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.” (Ajaan Chah) **Morning Intention: To notice...

** Morning Intention: To see the mind as a tool and to use it as such The mind is like a knife. You have to keep it sharp, but you can’t...

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