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Nov 7, 20223 min read
The Age of Exponential Growth in Knowledge
Finding yourself and your success in the all encompassing present If you were born anywhere in any station except exultant royalty in any...
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Precious Consciousness
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...
Oct 20, 20222 min read
In the thick of it
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...
Oct 10, 20222 min read
Being alert to grace
Being prepared for where life's impactful moments will presence themselves Will you be alert to grace when it is in your presence?...
Oct 4, 20222 min read
2022 Heart & Hands Awardee Utah Philanthropy Day celebration
I am so excited to be recognized as a 2022 Heart & Hands Awardee at the Utah Philanthropy Day celebration. My non-profit work with...
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Featured in Voyage Utah Magazine
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...
Oct 3, 20222 min read
Living Scientifically
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...
Sep 27, 20222 min read
Space for Others
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...
Sep 20, 20222 min read
An itch... in the middle of the room
On the selflessness of your visual field Ever since restarting my meditation practice with longer (30-60 minute) daily sessions, I have...
Sep 15, 20222 min read
The Aversion Constrictor
Sad and short of breath? Avoiding this feeling won't make it go away. The key insight of Buddhism around suffering are almost...
Sep 13, 20222 min read
The Dream Scenes of Small Thoughts
Missing out on life by playing little vignettes on the stage of the mind The constant distraction of thought offers much to investigate…...
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Enlightenment = Graciousness / (Grasping * Aversion)
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,...
Aug 29, 20222 min read
Proud of the Past Me
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...
Aug 8, 20223 min read
Overlapping Magisteria
Evolving perceptions of reality Humans are always splitting, grouping, and distinguishing; so much so that the, “there are two kinds of...
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Line of Sight
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...
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Meditation is a self-deprivation tank
Free-floating consciousness The instructions are very simple and work: be with what is, drop all concepts, don’t grasp what’s pleasant,...
Jul 13, 20221 min read
Being with what is
...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,...
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Strategic Settling
The Jones's will be fine without your ego Grasping in a world of change causes unease, unsatisfactoriness, dissatisfaction, and...
Jul 6, 20222 min read
Erasing the Boundaries of Self
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...
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Loving Awareness
An intimacy with your mind Ram Dass would call his honed conscious state loving awareness, which always struck me as the most colorful...
Jun 27, 20221 min read
No clothes, but safe for work!
The intellectual honesty of beginners mind Try and learn from children. Notice how they see the world, how they play and imagine new...
Jun 22, 20222 min read
In Your Head
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...
Jun 20, 20221 min read
I see fractals... everywhere.
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,...
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