I am totally amazed at the spread of interest in meditation. When I first came back from studying in India in 1974, I would be asked in social situations what I did. When I replied, "I teach meditation" they would frequently look at me as though to say "That is weird," and sort of sidle away.

over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind." Page 62

As we look around, it's very clear that in this world people do outrageous things to one another all of the time. It's not that these qualities or actions make us bad people, but they bring tremendous suffering if we don't know how to work with them.

What you learn about pain in formal meditation can help you relate to it in your daily life.

As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.

Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.

Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.