Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

Meeting people in a genuine way and feeling like there is a vital and meaningful connection going on makes me come alive.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

Find a gap between a trigger event and our usual conditioned response to it and by using that pause to collect ourselves and shift our response

We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking - while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations.

Detachment is not about refusing to feel or not caring or turning away from those you love. Detachment is profoundly honest, grounded firmly in the truth of what is.

With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others.