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January 15, 2011Last Saturday, in meditation, I merged with the heavy guilt seizing my body. Moving through the outer layers, I touched...
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January 7, 2011“Oh, holy smokes!” I interrupted Mary in the middle of our conversation. After more than a month, we had finally...
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August 31, 2010Analyzing the data for my dissertation is highlighting for me the limits of intellectual knowing. Welcome to the Zen of...
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June 17, 2010In Tibet, they believe that it is possible to foresee, at the beginning of a relationship, how it will unfold,...
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June 4, 2010A table of observations on how specific emotions transform automatically into blissful energy.
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May 26, 2010The deepest healing occurs when we open to the possibility that our perspective can change.
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May 7, 2010 A short story about the perpetuation of friendship in the face of grief and impermanence.
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May 4, 2010The notion of psychic boundaries reminds me of the boy who lived his life in a bubble. Protection is lovely,...
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April 30, 2010Is your heart heavy today? I could feel its weight just as the clouds began to fill the sky. A...
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April 11, 2010 Apathy often has its roots in the odd, unexpected body memory of prior pain that is evoked by new love.
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March 3, 2010When we experience pain, we create a pain self. This pain self is connected to a subset of our usual...
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February 27, 2010Today, I stopped praying for things to get easier. It just occurred to me that it wasn’t necessary. For many...
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February 14, 2010 If you are beset by a negative self-image, especially one that is self-fulfilling and reflected back to you by others...
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February 9, 2010The tribal-minded people, like orchids, wither here. The souls looking for sun and rain on the outside, for a hospitable...
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February 5, 2010Last night, I was awake all night, while sleeping, enjoying another one of those full nights resting in clear, lucid,...
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February 3, 2010There comes a time when the dark forces in your life step into the light, remove their masks, and reveal...
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January 30, 2010When peace and tranquility, bliss even, begins to fill most every moment, healing feels complete. These past few weeks, I’ve...
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January 24, 2010What happens when we treasure someone too much? A story of discovering the divine by crushing illusions.
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January 16, 2010For nearly a year, twice every month, I attended an event in town known as the Barefoot Boogie. Set in...
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January 14, 2010I am being reassembled. The process is unmistakeable. It’s not over yet, but I feel myself entering a final phase,...
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January 2, 2010At the center of the earth is an iron core. The inner core is solid yet hotter than the surface...
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December 26, 2009The ultimate goal of the spiritual path is to become lucid. Mindfulness meditation, the favored technique for beginners, is a...
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December 13, 2009Mystics and philosophers often describe life as an amusement park ride, exciting at times or downright scary but without real...
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December 6, 2009A conversation in a cafe makes me question the belief that severe depression means love and affection are off limits.
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December 2, 2009An adventure in facing worst fears. This particular monster? Psychiatry. I enter with stigma and exit with side effects.
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In an era of waning social ties, sensitivity to rejection is common. An article in Psychology Today offers solutions.
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The Path of the Waking Heart When one opens unconditionally to love, pain, and desire, an aching heart becomes a...
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November 2, 2009 Being in total darkness recently took on new meaning for me. Rock bottom is not necessarily a bad place to...
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You may have won many battles with depression. Why can’t you win the war? A new way to...
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Americans report fewer close friends and confidants than they did years ago. For most people, their only close confidant is...
Written by an embodiment psychologist, Zen Buddhist, and single mother, "Waking Heart" is a diary of synchronicities, lessons both learned and forgotten, accidental awakenings, and the cultivation of love.