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Where do we go from here?: Day 28 of the 28-day meditation challenge
We did it! We just finished sitting together in the office for the final day of the 28-day meditation challenge. It feels good. Now we’re all completely enlightened and we’ll never have to meditate again. Just…
The Weather is Just the Weather: Birth of a Tricycle Article
In late September 2010 I traveled by train to Cambridge, Massachusetts. As I passed through Rhode Island, bored, tired, hungry—all the small negatives that combined make travel a magical experience—I remembered some snippets of history, King…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge
Day 9: The Great Meditation Challenge
It’s happened to all of us: We stub our toe, prick our finger, poke ourself in the eye. It’s a painful experience. But the worst part of it is that our mind then leaps to judgments:…
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