On a special day, in the wake of an argument, an unexpected event stops the author’s mind, and she uses the opportunity to contemplate “the suffering of suffering” as taught by the Buddha.
The author’s frustration with parenting a teenager becomes an occasion to apply the Emotional Rescue Method to working with experiences of intense fear, grief and anger.
While gathering up garbage on a favorite hiking path, the author discovers a contemplative practice that transforms his view.
How can we hold life lightly? How can we approach our ‘self’ and challenges we encounter in a flexible, open manner? How can we see things how they really are and be of benefit to others? In this conversation Sandra Roscoe points out that a mind that knows its own nature is a compassionate mind.
What does it mean to be on a spiritual path in general? To work on yourself? To live a meaningful life? Cliché as it might sound, according to Stuart Horn, examine your own life is at the very heart.
What is at the heart of our podcast Taking a Leap? Where does ‘Take a leap’ refer to? And how can ‘leaping’ help in our daily life, in the world of today?
