I was in a very dark place a few years ago, trapped in a controlling marriage with a husband who didn’t want me to go out or make decisions. The control was mostly psychological. I lost my spark and personality, and while most people noticed, no one said anything. My...

Growing up, I seemed to have everything going for me. Parents who loved me (and continue to), older siblings who always supported me, good grades, athletic achievements, and lots of friends. Looking back today, I can acknowledge how often I felt insecure and “less...

‘Truth is Truth, the rest is philosophy.’ Zen Graffiti

‘Warm sunshine covers the earth with a carpet of brocade.’ Zen Master Rinzai

‘There is the expression ‘‘turning delusion around and awakening to satori’’, yet we are always living within Emptiness.’ Harada Tangen Roshi

‘You must use loving-kindness. When angry states of mind arise in meditation, balance them by developing feelings of loving-kindness.’ Ajahn Chah

All of you! If you want to return to your homes, simply wake up to your true nature.

‘An Ancient said that non-mind embodies and fulfils the way of non-mind. Enacting and fulfilling the way of non-mind, finally you can rest.’ Hongzhi Zhengjue

Few aspects of food are so reviled as emotional eating. These two words often conjure an image of a person—usually a woman—crouched on the kitchen floor, crying into a pint of ice cream. With such an image come myriad negative judgments: No will power. Undisciplined....

David Provan’s art workshop was nestled in the bottom floor of a modern home, tucked far back on a wooded property in Cold Spring, New York, where he lived with his wife, Ann. The location was in a rural respite with a historic town and active arts scene fifty miles...