It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking that Equanimity is being okay with unhappiness. But it’s not—it’s about being okay with whatever is happening right now. This is a really important distinction, but it’s really easy to forget, to fall into the habit of being okay with being unhappy, instead of just being okay.
Read MoreSomeone wrote to thank me for this reddit post today, which was a kind thing to do. I don’t know where this stuff comes from—someone asks me a question, and I try to answer it, and sometimes it’s useful. This seems particularly topical today—several people in my life are having to face things that are really hard to accept at the moment. I don’t know if this would help…
Read MoreIt occurred to me as I was answering a meditation question that there’s a really simple way to think about how to improve your meditation practice: the relationship between what you intend and what conditioning you develop as a result of realizing (or noticing that you’ve failed to realize) that intention.
Read MoreIn fond remembrance of Fran, whose 49th day is today.
Read MoreThe practice of virtue works because it allows us to tweak our conditioning. When I started to write about Unkind Words, I realized that it might be worth explaining that a bit first.
Read MoreOf all the ten unskillful actions, killing is the easiest to avoid, right? Not so fast.
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