Finding yourself and your success in the all encompassing present If you were born anywhere in any station except exultant royalty in any...

Treat with Care Recently, I’ve not been able to fall asleep until hours after I’ve lain down in bed. I’m not having particularly profound...

Mindfulness only works, when it works If there is a place where my mindfulness practice does not reliably go—it is into the thick of...

Being prepared for where life's impactful moments will presence themselves Will you be alert to grace when it is in your presence?...

I am so excited to be recognized as a 2022 Heart & Hands Awardee at the Utah Philanthropy Day celebration. My non-profit work with...

I am thrilled to be featured in the Hidden Gems section of the Voyage Utah Magazine. I was able to tell my story of writing my book...

A fun-filled process to becoming wise Don’t let someone from an older age cohort tell you different, we still live by our wits (and...

On Self-Consciousness Next time you are alone in a crowd, do a little meditation and record how you feel. You are alone of course, the...

On the selflessness of your visual field Ever since restarting my meditation practice with longer (30-60 minute) daily sessions, I have...

Sad and short of breath? Avoiding this feeling won't make it go away. The key insight of Buddhism around suffering are almost...

Missing out on life by playing little vignettes on the stage of the mind The constant distraction of thought offers much to investigate…...

A simple algorithm to a good life There are some simple algorithms to living a good life, things that just make sense. “Do unto others,...

Who exists only as a dream, but with an impact on my future My dad recently sent me a photo of me from when I was ten years old. I had a...

Evolving perceptions of reality Humans are always splitting, grouping, and distinguishing; so much so that the, “there are two kinds of...

The infinite horizon of knowledge Lay on your back and imagine your line of sight. First it moves above the rooftops and is backlit by...

Free-floating consciousness The instructions are very simple and work: be with what is, drop all concepts, don’t grasp what’s pleasant,...

...and being what is It is a simple yet profound instruction: just be with what is. Before concept. Don’t label things. Don’t think,...

Today, I sit like many of you, in anticipation of the release of more images from the James Webb Space Telescope. A marvel of engineering...

The Jones's will be fine without your ego Grasping in a world of change causes unease, unsatisfactoriness, dissatisfaction, and...

A headless-and-shoulderless practice What does it mean that there is no self or that the goal of mindfulness is to understand your true...

An intimacy with your mind Ram Dass would call his honed conscious state loving awareness, which always struck me as the most colorful...

The intellectual honesty of beginners mind Try and learn from children. Notice how they see the world, how they play and imagine new...

A non-duel with headlessness Last night (and not for the first time) I was mindful while staring into the overlapping branches of a few...

The smooth is unseemly A bedsheet is 2-D, a mattress is 3-D. For the former, we purchase according to specific length and width (Twin,...