“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” ~A.A. Milne It was a Wednesday afternoon, and I was sitting in my car, too overwhelmed to turn the key in the ignition. My phone had been buzzing all day with work notifications, and the mental list...

‘Delusion often operates through the stories we tell ourselves. It convinces us that our happiness depends on external circumstances — that if only we could arrange the world according to our desires, we would be content.’ Everyday Buddhism

A colleague paused after I corrected her pronunciation of my name for the third time, then laughed. “It doesn’t matter,” she said, tossing her head back. In that moment, I felt myself floating somewhere between belonging and rejection, suspended in a liminal space I...

If you’ve felt overwhelmed lately—by responsibilities, by the pace of life, by the noise in the world—you’re not alone. Many of us are moving through our days on autopilot, carrying stress in our bodies that we barely notice until we finally slow down. When that goes...

Open your window when you meditate, or go outside and get very comfortable. Bring your comfy chair, your blanket. Make it easy for yourself to feel warm and safe. And then, let gravity hold you in its gentle embrace. Let the elements move through you. Feel how the...

“You cannot heal what you refuse to confront.” ~Yasmin Mogahed At sixteen, I walked out of my mother’s house with track marks and a half-packed bag. No big fight. No slammed door. Just the silent resignation of someone who couldn’t look his mother in the eye anymore....

‘It is the mistaken belief in a separate, enduring self; the conviction that we can control and hold on to the things we love, or the assumption that suffering is an anomaly rather than an integral part of existence. Delusion blinds us to the truth of anattā.’...

‘A water bird comes and goes, leaving no traces at all. Yet it knows how to go its own way.‘ Mumonkan

For a person full of worries and sorrows, having a good circle of friends, chatting with them, and playing games always seemed like a dream. I was never the one to have even a wholesome conversation with someone. I felt miserable and isolated. Then COVID-19 struck my...

Living in the now used to be my biggest struggle. Reminiscing about my past and my choices often took me to a dark place. The truth is, the past is already written because it already happened. My thoughts were filled with shame and guilt for my mistakes, and I began...