“We have a choice, we can continue to give in to that impulse of wanting to get away, looking for comfort elsewhere, looking for solutions in other places, or . . . we can develop a close, intimate relationship with that which is right here. That’s what practice is about.” – Ursula Jarand
Friendship means little when it’s convenient. – “Shimazu Koji,” John Wick 4 On a long flight last fall, I watched John Wick 4 after recently discovering for myself that the John Wick universe is more like Harry Potter than it is about serious assassins and revenge. Everyone in a John
You want to be on both sides of the wall at the same time. You can, but you must remove the wall. – Nisargadatta This essay has been edited from its original form, published to the True Nature community on October 22, 2024 At the fall, 2024 CCE women’s retreat,
"Cut off all present thoughts And do not follow successive thoughts. This is sufficient. There is no need to torment yourself over the past Or concern yourself with the future." -Da Hui (12th Century) This essay was originally published to the True Nature community on September 8, 2024.
Earlier this fall, I spent ten days in Turkey & Greece. I saw layers upon layers upon layers of empires - civilizations built literally on top of civilizations. It’s so recent in human history that we’ve begun in earnest to look closely at who we’ve been so far
Welcome, friend - This Quakeresque greeting comes immediately to mind when I consider how to welcome people I have met and not met alike, but all of whom are drawn to some degree by what we’re offering here at the Center for Contemplative Enrichment. You are my friend before I