Category Archives: Meditations

Once again, another facet of Awareness-Being: equanimity. Equanimity is not new in our meditation practice at all. Shamatha is a primary exercise toward equanimity. The tranquility, serenity, and evenness that slowly establish in meditation are also recognized as having already … Continue reading →

We look at common things in our life and how amazing it is that they are (in our life). Then, with that appreciation, we rejoice and send the wish that all beings have such good fortune into the world.

Circulatory flow. Toroidal flow. Call it what you will, but life is the interconnectedness of receiving and giving: breathe in-breathe out. Because we receive, we can give. Sometimes giving is a creative process, like giving food to a homeless person … Continue reading →

Joy is a mandala like everything else. Joy has sub-qualities, a variety of subtle emotions, factors of perception involved, and all of these specific to the person and the circumstance that is being named as one of joy. In human … Continue reading →