Posts Tagged ‘buddha’

The Crap Is The Gold: Embracing Suffering

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

Robin recently said something, in one of her many uplifting comments, that really got me thinking.  She asked how I came to be so insightful about human nature.
I agreed with her that I do have a pretty good sense of what makes people tick, and I pondered for a bit how I got that awareness.  [...]

When Meditation Gets “Hard,” Part 2: Letting Go Of “Experience-Chasing”

Friday, March 19th, 2010

(This is an unofficial sequel to my piece at The Change Blog called “What To Do When Meditation Gets ‘Hard.’”)
Nearly 100% of the time (and it happened again last night), when someone asks me a question about meditation, it goes like this:  “I can’t meditate because I can’t empty my mind.”  Because this seems like [...]