Guest Bio Brad Kershner is a school leader, philosopher, and longtime meditation practitioner. He earned his MA in Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago, and is completing his PhD in Education at Boston College. He has studied with Buddhist teachers in zen, vipassana, and mahamudra lineages. He is currently Head of the Early […]
Accessing Unlimited Possibility
Possibility is a powerful word. Whenever we say something is possible it means it can happen. It is real. Reality is defined by what is possible and what is not possible. Changing our reality means changing what is possible. Our sense of self is created out of the ideas that we hold about who we […]
Patience is Action
Patience does not come easy to me. I’m a sales professional for a consulting firm and avid marathoner: two worlds where success is equated to time and every number counts. A million dollars loses its value if it’s earned over two years instead of one; 26.2 miles ran in two hours versus three separates the Olympian […]
OM075: Dr. John Churchill on Mahamudra Meditation & A Vision For Enlightened Culture
Mahamudra Meditation with John Churchill Born in London, England, John Churchill’s interest in meditative and contemplative studies began as a teenager. After leaving high school, he joined Samye Ling Kagyu Monastery in Scotland where he began his studies in Mahayana and Mahamudra Buddhism. He came to the United States to study at Naropa, a Buddhist […]
Mindfulness… Then What?
A client of mine, who is a doctor, recounted a story where a patient of his came back to his hospital weeks after he had been seen. His patient was irate, feeling my client hadn’t “put the dots together” and therefore didn’t prevent his heart attack. My client, with decades of experience under his […]