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

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

The most common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, "I'm so stressed out. I could use some of that!" A response I also sometimes hear, which amuses me a lot is, "My partner should really meet you!"

Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.

Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.