You cannot fail at meditation.

We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.

Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound path. We may be adverse to seeing our own suffering because it tends to ignite a blaze of self-blame and regret. And we may be adverse to seeing suffering in others because we find it unbearable or distasteful, or we find it threatening to our own happiness. All of these possible reactions to the suffering in the word make us want to turn away from life.

The Buddha said that no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an inner feeling of abundance - the feeling that we have enough to share.

As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.