Mindfulness and Compassion
Compassion is most real in the particulars, in our response to the immediacy of this moment. Every conscious act contributes to the healing of the who…
Tag: heart
Audio: Refuge in Difficult Times
In times of stress, it’s important to discover ways to quiet our minds and tend our hearts. This meditation and visualization can help us cultivate …
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 129 – All We Need to Know
In this dharma talk, we explore a few truths about life: things change, each moment contains both light and darkness, opinions are fleeting. Our direc…
Video: Compassionate Heart Dharma Talk
With mindfulness we can open to the mystery of our human incarnation—to gaze with an open heart at the unbearable beauty and the ocean of tears that…
Courage of the Heart
Very often what nourishes our spirit most is what brings us face to face with our greatest limitations and difficulties. Every life has periods and si…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 127 – Seeing the World with the Heart of Wisdom
In this dharma talk, we explore seeing the world with the heart of wisdom and what it means when we rest in The One Who Knows. This is who you are, co…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 126 – Freedom, Gratitude, & the Buoyancy of Hope
No matter what the situation, we are offered the freedom to choose our highest intention, to choose to be free. When we understand intention, we are g…
Video: Seeing the World with the Heart of Wisdom Dharma Talk
The poet Mary Oliver writes, "To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowin…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 124 – Conflict and Reconciliation
Conflict really starts in the heart with our attachments and our needs and our desires. We need to pause for a moment and reflect on all conflicts tha…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 123 – Breathe Love In, Breathe Love Out Meditation
Take whatever gifts of understanding your body and heart and spirit offer, and the quieting of your mind and tending of your heart and breath, and let…
Video: Breathe Love In, Breathe Love Out Meditation
With each breath in, fill your body and being with lovingkindness for yourself. With each breath out, sense you are sending love out to the world.
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 119 – Listen With the Heart
What these divisive times ask for more than anything else is an ability to listen with the heart. When we learn to listen deeply to one another, not o…
