It is not the perfect but the imperfect that is most in need of our love. – Oscar Wilde Over the last 28 years, I’ve done tens of thousands of hours of spiritual practice. I’ve sat in long silent retreats without moving a muscle. In those times, I’ve felt grace and light flood my mind […]
The Guest House by Rumi
Do you ever have one of those moments when a poem, a song, or a piece or writing just pierces your heart and hits you square? Recently I was taking a meditation training and someone shared a remarkable poem. Somehow, it seemed to encapsulate our entire retreat. Yes, it’s about mindfulness, and about being kind […]
The Three Miracles of Meditation
Part 1: The Art of Conscious Contentment I teach a form of meditation that I call The Art of Conscious Contentment and that practice offers a powerful path to spiritual awakening. In this essay you’ll see how practicing meditation in this way leads you through three miraculous insights into an open, receptive, and expansive state […]
OM104 – On a Mahamudra Meditation Retreat with Vajrayana Master Daniel P. Brown, PhD
In early 2020, before any of us had heard anything about a lethal virus emerging from Wuhan Province, China, I attended a life changing 8-day Mahamudra meditation retreat with Harvard neuropsychologist and Vajrayana master Daniel P. Brown PHd. After a nine year pause on spiritual retreats, this was my first extended in-person retreat with a […]
OM103 – Filmmaker Sanjay Rawal On Meditation, Running, and Self Transcendence
In this episode, filmmaker Sanjay Rawal and I explore our shared experience with Sri Chimnoy (my first spiritual teacher) and discover–to our shared surprise–that we joined Sri Chimnoy’s community around the same time and attended some of the same events. We explore the inspiring work of Sri Chimnoy and his extraordinary and hugely influential teacher, […]