“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” ~John Allen Paulos I refreshed the analytics page even though I had checked it only a few minutes earlier. The number had not changed, so I opened the project,...

‘Everyone has a natural koan. What's worrying you now? A seemingly intractable problem. Illness, old age, death?’ Everyday Buddhism

‘Studying the Way is to always contemplate the self-nature: This is to be identical with all the buddhas.’ Hui Neng

‘Even a cat has sati [mindfulness]. When it sees a mouse, sati is there. The cat's eyes stare fixedly at the mouse. This is sati of a cat.’ Ajahn Chah

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” ~Carl Jung I was twenty-eight years old, standing in front of a mirror, reaching for my lipstick. I couldn’t put it on. I was engaged. A wedding was ahead of me. The invitations, expectations, and imagined...

‘I am not afraid of impermanence.’ said a Rinpoche and recalled by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

‘To stay in the present is the most wonderful thing we can do.’ Everyday Buddhism

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” ~William Bruce Cameron I noticed it halfway through the conversation. We were outside a café on a warm Saturday, close enough to the next table that I could hear someone...

‘Awareness is a natural state; it’s normal. It isn’t a compounded state that depends on other conditions.’ Ajahn Sumedho