These are reflections (more of a ramble than an article) based on notes I took for an Insight Timer Live session on 10/27/21. If you find this interesting, please come join us some time in an upcoming session (there are usually a few per week). You can also learn more about the Divine Abodes in…
You encounter foolishness- practice. Sick and tired of it all? Practice anyway. Practice even in your righteousness- see a wrong and see it though your practice. What is practice? Here it's often practicing good will, becoming calm and concentrated, using the breath and body as a guide, but also feelings, moods, emotions, thoughts- all fair…
This is the transcript of the talk I gave before a guided meditation on Insight Timer Live. I tried to edit it enough for it to make sense without the back and forth of the live session, but I also wanted to keep it conversational. Reading this is not required for the guided meditation to…
FaithFaith means I take what youSay to be trueTo be true.But is this your due?Should I reconstrue?Within conviction lies the convict,Within confidence the con man.Of all the tricksters on the hillWho's the hindrances' biggest shill?Mara!Where do I go, What shall I do,How shall I conceive right view?Faith!But what is faith really all about?Simply put,It is…
When you are having a difficult time, have you ever pretended that it was a very dear person to you having a bad time, and you were there to offer comfort or advice? I've noticed, especially when I answer questions for my insight timer course, that I generally think that the "advice" is pretty good,…
A heart prayer Every time I move the pieces I'm a little shaken In anticipation Like doing a backflip into water And standing firmly on the earth Toes grabbing the grass The pop of the plant The uprooting of routine A new gathering centrifuge Hitting the surface soon Possible pain Unavoidable immersion Ignore the diversion…
The Peak of This Moment No matter where you are now There is a way in the path of truth There is map making and map reading And making adjustments as new landmarks appear We know the map is not it But there is a map And there is the peak of this moment Where…
I recently started a Patreon page. I will leave some material exclusively for patrons for a little while and then make it public soon after. None of the material is particularly time sensitive- it's just a nod to the process, a small, 'thank you for the contribution'- but you understand that everything I create is…
Ecclesia (as told thus far) [How do I share my goodness if I fear folly? -waiting in darkness, cobbling a better me- We must allow that a little sin might be, As a bit of debris may fall unseen into the cookpot, Yet we serve the meal And do not keep the stew hidden…
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