Podcast Episodes

Patience is the Stronger Position

Season 9 Episode 479

I’m wondering about patience these days:
accepting that things are what they are.
I’ve studied and tried to practice that kind of patience
with friends and family and colleagues and students
and the ever…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Love and Intention, Even Now

Season 9 Episode 478

This isn’t a moment when I can pay attention all the time:
 sometimes I just need to turn away, or walk away.
 But whether I’m engaged or disengaged, 
 wisdom and love have their place.

The question I’m …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Faith in An Appropriate Response

Season 9 Episode 477

When I think of faith, it’s often faith in someone or something. But these days I’m thinking of faith in terms of believing that if I keep practicing, and we all keep practicing, then we’ll know the …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Resting Up for What’s Next

Season 9 Episode 476

I have these moments when I feel like I should be doing more.
Or at least doing something.
But right now I’m not sure what to do, or how, or when.
 
So instead, right now, for now, I’m taking care of mys…

Published on 7 months ago

Right Now, Don’t be Bothered by Anything

Season 9 Episode 475

There are two ways I can see to relate to the world right now,
if this is a moment that feels distressful.
 
One is to be bothered by the world and also by the distress,
and to work from that perspective…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

The Bigger the Space, the Easier it is to Care

Season 9 Episode 474

I care, and then I turn away.
I get busy, or I lose interest,
or the crisis stops affecting me directly or never did, 
and I let my attention slip away.

I’m being honest, but I’m not glad about it,
becaus…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Beginning With Beginner’s Mind

Season 9 Episode 473

I feel like I spend a lot of time – too much time – 
thinking I understand.
Maybe we all do, even when we know 
everyone’s understandings are different.

At the same time I think most of us know
there’s a …

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Choosing a Theme for 2025

Season 9 Episode 472

We could say that, 
depending on our political beliefs,
beliefs about climate emergency,
relationships to inequity,
inner and outer resources,
and what comes our way,
our 2025 theme –
the quality of heart a…

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

Can We Talk About Faith?

Season 8 Episode 471

Because there is always faith.
It might be faith in our abilities.
It might be faith in the wisdom that’s available to us
every once in a while. It might be faith in cause and effect:
the way that, when …

Published on 8 months ago

Letting Nature Bring Peace

Season 8 Episode 470

Sometimes I naturally notice the calm and peacefulness of the closing of the year.

More often there’s so much going on, either in my own life or around me, that I feel
restless, worried, a kind of agit…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago