it’s not easy letting go

So many times we are advised to just let go. The whole meditation and spiritual endeavor seems to boil down to these three words–just let go. While undoubtedly well-intentioned, these three words could also be the three cruelest ones we ever encounter.
“For all we feel and all we know, it’s not easy letting go” — [...]

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so simple

This whole thing is so simple. It’s our mind’s deeply entrenched habit to want to make this more complicated than it really is. And we get little help from many Buddhist scriptural and other tradition-bound sources–if anything, studying, reading or listening may leave us with nothing more than a headache.
Meditation is simple resting: resting in [...]

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chasing phantom treasure

We find ourselves very often chasing phantom treasure. We keep falling for it–the future is where we will find this treasure. No matter how often you seem to “get” it, a new it to get pops up. Why don’t we consider the radical possibility that treasure is looking for treasure?
If that is allowed as a [...]

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emotional dharma

I think may of us are brought up to believe that there is a clear distinction between the intellect and the emotions. To be intellectual, and to lead with the intellect in some circles is seen as superior to a life lead by the emotions. Intellect is some how seen as solid, safe, secure, whereas emotions [...]

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