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Unconditional Love for the Life Within (retreat talk)

The tyranny of “should” prevents us from living and loving fully. This talk explores how we get trapped in the identity of a flawed self and the ways a wise…

Turning Towards What you Love

There is a saying: The road to hell is paved with bad intentions. From the Buddha we learn the path to freedom arises from wise intentions. Yet because we habitually…

Three Gestures of Love

If we inquire “what is between me and presence” we usually find we’ve been caught inside a limiting story of self, contracted by wants and fears. This talk explores a…

“Make Love of Your Self Perfect”

Like a dense fog, chronic self-judgment blocks the light of our true nature. This talk explores the challenges to loving the life within us, and the pathways of practice that…

Lovingkindness – Part 1 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love

Part 1: Lovingkindness – We awaken our natural lovingkindness by learning to attend to and take in the goodness of this life. This series reflects on four primary expressions of…

The Wings of Awakening – Self-Honesty & Love (retreat talk)

We evolve our consciousness by bringing a clear and kind attention to the tangles of suffering. This talk explores how the “second arrow” of self-judgment imprisons us in emotional reactivity,…

Part 1: Universal Faces of Love

Lovingkindness, or metta, is the first of the four divine abodes in buddhist teachings. This talk explores the habitual patterns of fears and wants that obscure this innate quality of…

Blog: From Longing to Belonging

…sun. Nothing was solid in this dazzling celebration of life energy. I knew then that this was the fullness of loving what I love. This love is what we all…

Blog: Awakening Through Anger

…one is left in the world. I’m utterly alone, lonely.” In a barely audible whisper, she said, “There’s no one who loves me, no one that I love.” Amy began…

Transcript: The Sacred Pause

…see past the mask and understand: Oh, just like me, you too want to love and be loved. And just like me, you have fears that keep you pulled back….

Blog: Prayer in the Face of Difficulty

…might feel separate from someone and call out his or her name, saying, “Please love me, please love me.” You might long for your heart to awaken and call out…

Blog: Happy For No Reason

…feel fully alive.” Naming it opened me to what was behind the longing: I love life. Embedded in the grief, as always, was love. A voice inside me was repeating…

From Longing to Belonging

…Oliver writes,“You only have to let the soft animal of your body / Love what it loves.” I knew I was longing for love, but I didn’t know how to…

Blog: Connecting with Our ‘Soul Sadness’

…love the most!” “Take a moment, Marge, and let the feeling of failing people, of being undeserving of love, be as big as it really is.” After a few moments…

Articles & Interviews

…(Part 3 Of 3)” – Blog at Insight Timer – January 2020 How to Go Through Life with Love in Your Heart: A Q&A with Tara Brach about offering radical…

From Egoic to Unconditioned Loving

…constrictions of egoic love and explores several courageous activities–sharing our vulnerability, expressing love, extending and receiving love– that awaken us to the vastness and freedom of pure loving awareness. https://youtu.be/fWTMuQXAiqw?list=UUE3E-d8dUieqIbKYIO5-pFg…