It’s a clear and mild spring afternoon. Sitting beside the stream and delighting in the smells, sights and sounds of early spring, the senses attune to the present, and become…
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Questioner 1: These are strange and unprecedented times. Could we inquire into the connection, if there is one, between the global climate crisis and human consciousness?
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Thoughts and emotions arise and pass by like leaves and twigs on the water. Watching them without interference, without trying to do anything about them, the mind quiets and the…
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After a light all-night rain, the clouds cleared and the sun made a welcome appearance in the early afternoon. People got outside and into the parkland in droves, including me.…
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A neuroscientist named Benjamin Libet made a remarkable discovery at the University of California, San Francisco in the mid-1980’s. After placing electrodes on volunteer’s skulls and forefingers, he asked them…
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There are many different forms of meditation, and often people speak of running or doing other activities as a form of meditation for them. But initiating truly meditative states is…
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Sitting on the patio during a drizzle, the wind suddenly picks up, the rain falls harder, and there’s a feeling almost of fury about the earth.