“The loneliness of the connected age is not about being alone. It’s about being unseen in a crowd.” ~Unknown For a long time I thought I was broken. Not in a dramatic way. In a quiet, persistent way—the kind you learn to manage so well that most people can’t tell, and...

‘When mental processes arise, all dharmas [things] spring forth; when mental processes cease, all dharmas cease likewise.’ The Buddha

‘When alone check your mind. When in company watch your mouth.’ Atisa Dipamkara

“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can.” ~Unknown   For years, I believed self-awareness was the answer to everything. If I could just understand myself better—my triggers, my patterns, my childhood wounds—I would finally feel calm. Stable. Healed. So...

After ten years of committed Zen practice, I decided to do a rigorous weeklong retreat with a senior Zen teacher. I had to arrive two days before the retreat began for protocol training so that I would be in sync with the retreat’s highly choreographed practice...