Category Archives: Meditation

Removing the Wrapping

Posted on February 15, 2013 by admin

When we are born, it’s as if we come out and are immediately wrapped in a tight plastic coating. If you have ever stood at a meat counter and watched the guys in the back cut the meat and put … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Inner Work

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

My teacher, Rudi, used the term “ inner work” in reference to spiritual practice, which could be understood as making an effort and working for an accomplishment. But Rudi, in talking about “inner work,” was not talking about that at … Continue reading →

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I Bow to My Teachers…and I Also Bow to My Students

Posted on February 25, 2012 by admin

I want to talk today about something very simple: the practice of bowing. Whenever I come to meditate or to teach, I always bow. I bow to my lineage gurus, and I bow to all teachers who have made themselves … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Meditate?

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

I have thought a lot lately about the object of meditation and why we are meditating, or what we would be meditating on if we were actually meditating like we think we ought to. Typically, I would say that the … Continue reading →

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Kundalini, the Breath of Life

Posted on May 18, 2011 by admin

Classically, in the scriptures of the Vedas, of Kashmir Shaivism, and of Vajrayana Buddhism, the fundamental issue that each of us faces is to confront our own desires and in that confrontation, to understand the nature of our mind. We … Continue reading →

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The Essence of All Spirituality

Posted on March 14, 2011 by admin

After reading the Vedas again, I’ve come to the conclusion that their essence is also the essence of all spirituality. What it’s really all about is gratitude. Spiritual practice is about coming to a place where you make contact with … Continue reading →

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The Breath of Life

Posted on February 3, 2011 by admin

The Breath of Life is the fundamental manifestation of the vibrancy of consciousness itself. That self-sustaining, self-organizing capacity of pure being is totally potent and has present in it an unimaginable possibility. The Breath of Life has an existence that … Continue reading →

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Working under Pressure Doesn’t Work

Posted on September 29, 2010 by admin

We can’t accomplish much in a five minute meditation. We need to allow more time–a half an hour, forty minutes. It takes time for our bodies to relax deeply enough that we can start to make contact with our own … Continue reading →

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An Enormously Powerful Place

Posted on September 9, 2010 by admin

Meditation practice is, in my personal experience, the most wonderful thing there it. To sit and be in touch with the life of our life is just incredible. To be able to be in touch with a place that is … Continue reading →

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Breaking through the Shell

Posted on September 6, 2010 by admin

The minute we’re born, all  of the potential that we are becomes encased in a shell. Some people call this shell karma; the Christians call it original sin. I call it the disappointments of our ancestors. From the moment we’re … Continue reading →

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