We live in a society that values functionality. Keep it together. Pull your socks up. Get on with it. This is the message we receive by well meaning high functioning (and predominantly unhappy) loved ones from the time we are Read more…
In March of 2019 I attended a monthlong silent vipassana retreat at the renowned Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. For a few months prior to this retreat I had been experiencing small flashes of violent imagery in my mind Read more…
The eightfold path might not be the most exciting piece I’ll write this year, but it is an important one if you’re going to understand my ongoing dharma stories. It’s also a continuation of Dukkha: why we are never satisfied Read more…
Reality check: We suffer, moment to moment, day to day. In big ways, in small ways, in ways we take for granted or don’t even notice. Our very existence seems to be ripe with contraction, resistance, and dissatisfaction. The Wise Read more…
One of the most difficult things to accept in this life is that we are completely responsible for what we feel. It may not seem like it, but if we look deeply into the nature of reality, we will see Read more…
On May 16th, 2018, I ended the life of my most beloved friend. I don’t expect everyone to understand what a dog’s life, and death, could mean to me: loss is different for everyone, as is the way we love. Read more…
I want to start this piece with two questions. Do you love and accept yourself completely as you are? Do you trust that others do the same? You see, awakening happens in layers, one old skin shedding at a time. Read more…
This is a blog post about self care and self love. But it is also a post about failure. It is about how I neglected a duty to take care of myself, ended up with an infection, and the crucial Read more…
In early September, shortly after I arrived in California, I visited my friend Melissa for 3 days in Santa Cruz. At the time, I was still practicing my long time habit of sitting in meditation for thirty minutes every day. Read more…
Recently, after being hypnotised for the first time, I had one of those lightbulb moments about anxiety and depression and how to let them be. This awakening has helped me reach a new level of acceptance and allowing, and I Read more…
