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Accessing Our Love, and Other Challenges
Season 9 Episode 487
Are we “cultivating” love, compassion, and joy, or do we already have plenty and just need to access it?
If we have plenty, and just need to learn ho…
1 year, 4 months ago
Wisdom and Not-Wisdom in Action, Plus Sweet News
Season 9 Episode 486
There’s “ordinary” news: market whiplash; leadership/not leadership; greed, hatred, and delusion.
But there’s sweet news, too: the child of a friend …
1 year, 4 months ago
Commitment Versus Attachment
Season 9 Episode 485
When I feel committed, it gives me purpose, energy, direction. But to fulfill my commitment, especially if someone else is committed to the opposite …
1 year, 4 months ago
Signaling Safety with Mindful Communication
Season 9 Episode 484
Signaling that we’re mindful, whether we’re speaking, writing, posting, or messaging, is simple.
There’s no lying, denying, or blame. There’s no harm …
1 year, 5 months ago
An Appropriate Response?
Season 9 Episode 483
What is an appropriate response when I get something I don’t want, or don’t get what I do want?
Bully the person I “think” is responsible? Chastise, c…
1 year, 5 months ago
Making Peace Out of Chaos
Season 9 Episode 482
I don’t know what we can do in this moment except stay in the boat, and when we get tossed into the ocean, grab the hull and crawl back inside to saf…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Radical Act of Abandoning Hate
Season 9 Episode 481
Emotions are running high. Western mindfulness, quoting Rumi, says, ill will, anger, even hate: “Welcome and entertain them all….They may be clearing…
1 year, 5 months ago
Love and Breathe, For Everyone’s Sake
Season 9 Episode 480
If breath is the focus, the anchor, refuge from an uncertain world, then maybe love is the antidote.
I’m not saying I know much about love other than …
1 year, 6 months ago
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 …
1 year, 6 months 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,
…
1 year, 6 months ago