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Bringing a New Kind of Wisdom Into 2023
Season 7 Episode 378
When I think of wisdom, I tend to think of the things I’ve learned and know. But wisdom from a mindfulness perspective is different. Mindfulness says…
3 years, 8 months ago
Attention + Intention in 2023
Season 6 Episode 377
Intention determines cause and effect (karma): whatever we intend, whether we know our intention or not, determines what we say and do. Which in turn…
3 years, 8 months ago
Sacred Spaces in the Law
Season 6 Episode 376
What is sacred about the law? I think there’s a tendency – and I’m as guilty of it as anyone – to point out the flaws in the legal system, especially…
3 years, 8 months ago
Settling In & Waking Up, Together
Season 6 Episode 375
Nearing the winter solstice,the shortest day of the year, the invitation is to settle the mind & body. When we do that, we can attend to the deep wis…
3 years, 8 months ago
Is Meditation Required?
Season 6 Episode 374
Do we really have to sit for six or twelve or twenty or thirty minutes a day, in silence, paying attention to our breath? Can’t we just pay attention…
3 years, 8 months ago
Priming the Pump of Gratitude
Season 6 Episode 373
When all is said & done, and we’ve sat with the 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows so many times that the commentary has run its course, what can we do b…
3 years, 9 months ago
Vow to be Courageous
Season 6 Episode 372
Sometimes I think, if only I could say more, do more, work harder, then I could really be helpful.
Then I could offer whatever I have in the way of wi…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Joy of Waking Up at 5am to Meditate
Season 6 Episode 371
What time do you get up to meditate? Maybe not 5am, but I do remember, maybe 25 years ago, a teacher saying to me, “the decision to meditate happens …
3 years, 10 months ago
Patience Means Giving the Victory to Others
Season 6 Episode 370
Patience is great, in principle, but what happens when things are fast & furious (literally)? Mindfulness helps. When I’m paying attention and not ju…
3 years, 10 months ago
Passionate Advocacy With Patience, Not Anger
Season 6 Episode 369
Sometimes it feels like the perfect storm, clouds opening up, rain drenching me to my bones, and me, shaking my fist at the sky…or at some sarcastic …
3 years, 10 months ago