Writings
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Why Meditate?
Why should we make time for meditation? This essay lays out just a few of the benefits of this ancient, yet perpetually fresh practice.
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Encountering Reality
Spirituality is not about learning more creative ways to alter or back away from experience. It is about having a real encounter with what is.
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Direct Path Meditation and Thoughts
Thoughts appear in awareness all by themselves; don’t make them into a problem.
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Elements of a Spiritual Life
A life dedicated to the path of awakening can look many different ways, but these five elements will be supportive for almost every practitioner.
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Forgiveness Meditation
Finding ourselves stuck in anger, hatred, or self-blame can be intensely painful. The practice of forgiveness can set us free.
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Awakening to Our Nature, in Nature
Since the natural world is unable to protect itself from our formidable technologies, the ultimate question is if and when we will realize our non-duality with it.
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What Is an Ecodharma Retreat?
When Mara challenged the authenticity of the Buddha’s enlightenment, he simply touched the ground and said: “The earth is my witness.” What might happen if we practiced in the way that he did?