Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.

To open in a loving way is to let awareness notice that tightening.

In any moment, no matter how lost we feel, we can take refuge in presence and love. We need only pause, breathe, and open to the experience of aliveness within us. In that wakeful openness, we come home to the peace and freedom of our natural awareness.

It may sound lovey-dovey, but there's research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion.

We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.

Our greatest longing is to be intimate.