“The blues is the truth.”
In a healthy response to pain and fear, we establish awareness before it becomes anger. We can train ourselves to notice the gap between the…
Tag: Letting Go
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 44 – Attachment Revealed
To create and maintain appropriate boundaries we must first understand what it is as we are approaching attachment, commitment and love. Jack offers a definition…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 41 – Seeing Anew
A succinct reminder of the ever-present possibility to step out from the blinders of our ordinary perception, from the fear and anxiety of modern life,…
Honesty and a Non-Contentious Heart
The Buddha’s teachings point to a non-contentious heart. “There is gain and loss, slander and honor, praise and blame, pleasure and pain; the awakened ones…
Redemption and Forgiveness
“No one is forgotten. It is a lie, any talk of God that does not comfort you.” ~Meister Eckhart Milarepa, the most famous saint in…
Practice: Meeting Difficulty with Wise Intention
Pick a situation of difficulty or conflict with others. Reflect on your last encounters and on the motivation from which you operated. How did this…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 29 – Freedom and The Way It Is (Part 2)
Jack continues his discourse on the nature of the freedom that is our true being. It does not arrive through the rearranging of circumstance or…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 28 – Freedom and The Way It Is (Part 1)
Freedom is not found in certainty, but in the wisdom that comes from seeing and embracing life as it is. Jack explores the different ways…
Free From Views
“The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition – no matter how ancient or impressive – it…
Practice: Turning Toward Our Essence
“Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in…
Turning Toward Our Essence (Part Two)
Read Part One: Turning Toward Our Essence As we have seen, when we turn to investigate who is being aware we may feel confused, like a…
Disentangling from the Story
It is a great relief to discover that our stories do not fully define who we are, or what is happening to us. Â One practitioner…
