
How We Live

To turn toward a spiritual path is to decide that we’re no longer content to face beauty with blindness. It’s to choose to see what we couldn’t see.

The Incredible Lightness of Quitting Twitter
A novelist reflects on the self-destruction of her blue-check account.

Personal Reflections How We Live
How Meditation Teacher Valerie Brown Combines Buddhist and Quaker Practices
In a recent episode of Life As It Is, dharma teacher Valerie Brown discusses the relationship between buddhanature and the Quaker understanding of the soul.

Personal Reflections How We Live
Against Perfectionism (or How to Enjoy Being a Fuck-Up)
A therapist shares his insight on how we can embrace our imperfect selves in our hypercompetitive society.

Meaning Matters
Understanding our interdependence can give us a higher purpose and protection against burnout

Personal Reflections How We Live
Fruit Fly Dharma
A practitioner learns to welcome the unwelcome.

Deep Trust: Finding Our Footing in a Turbulent World
How trust can help us remain of service to our fellow humans without getting pulled under ourselves

Our Obsession with Growth Must End
We think that our economy, and peoples’ standard of living, is constantly expanding, but that’s because we only measure the benefits, we don’t measure the costs.

Want to Change Someone Else’s Mind? Try This Instead.
Though you may not be able to change the way someone thinks or feels, you may be able to affect the outcome of their choices, and help create conditions for everyone to flourish.

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