Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

Where is the love?: Day 25 of the meditation challenge

In Real Happiness Sharon tells us about one of her students who thought “the whole idea of lovingkindness meditation seemed hokey and rote to her, but she focused on the phrases nevertheless.” I’ve thought the same…

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Feb 25, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

28-Day Meditation Challenge: Freeing yourself from corrosive resentment

For almost two years, my closest friend has lived and worked as a community volunteer in Central America. Her experiences there have been more challenging than she had expected, and over time her idealism and positive…

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Feb 24, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 23

After sitting in the office today, I reflected on the past several days as a flurry of anticipations. Rarely do I realize how inundated my day-to-day life is with waiting. I am always in waiting—relentlessly—for the…

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Feb 23, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 22

I was looking forward to sitting in the office today. But when the time came my thoughts kept circling back to the various sex scandals whose echoes are ricocheting around the Zen community. It is depressing…

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Feb 22, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

It’s not a zero-sum game: Day 17 of the 28 Day Meditation Challenge

I visited Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche in Boulder on Monday and before that spent some time reading his books. I particularly enjoyed reading about the folly of jealously in The Light Comes Through: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening…

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Feb 17, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 15

We’re now into the third week of our 28-day challenge. If you’ve made it this far, you’ve likely already overcome a couple of rough patches caused by what Sharon calls a core group of unhealthy human…

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Feb 15, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

Day 14 of The Great Meditation Challenge: Mindfulness and Emotions

Today is Day 14 of of Sharon Salzberg’s 28-Day Meditation Challenge. This weekend, between attending a memorial service for a great Tibetologist whom I deeply admired and a few personal dramas, ended up being a very…

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Feb 14, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

Day 11: The Great Meditation Challenge

I stayed home sick today. My feet are cold, my head is clogged, my nose is dripping, and my lips are cracked. This morning, I ambled slowly down the stairs for a cup of tea, not…

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Feb 11, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 10

Today was all about the chattering mind: Do this, don’t forget that, what about this. We may have a lot to do, but we don’t need to let that tyrannize our minds. From Real Happiness: Our…

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Feb 10, 2011

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Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge

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