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The images shows the title and subtitle of a new article in the series: Interconnection: How To Connect the Disconnect. It is called: Connecting the Disconnected: The Four Immeasurables

Connecting the Disconnected: The Four Immeasurables

In this article, Mitra Lee teaches: “Using our imagination enables us to expand our mind toward great love and great compassion, which are much more useful for bringing us into connection than are negative thinking and judgment. Kleshas, negative emotions, or depressing thoughts can really bring us down and cause despair, despondency, and disconnection. If we want to connect with ourselves and others, imagining, cultivating, and offering love and joy will be of much more benefit.”

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article about meditation : How to practice: A comma along the Path

How to Practice: A Comma along the Path

What can we learn from the events or problems that encourage us to pause? My hope for us all is that we will not resist the challenges that arise, but see them as opportunities. I hope we will welcome these obstacles, these pauses, these moments of reflection. And while we do, let us practice loving-kindness toward ourselves and those around us.

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Moving beyond Pseudocommunity

When there is mutual understanding and trust, members can express themselves genuinely without fear. Conflict is no longer repressed; it is resolved. Connections become authentic and deep. Empathy prevails. This is true community.

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Article about meditation: Deepening in relationship

Deepening in Relationship

“We can transcend our passions and focus on the journey toward our true selves. We can prioritize giving and a feeling of openness, shifting from a self-centered perspective to seeking the well-being of others,” writes Brazilian sangha member Sebastião Miranda.

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The Practice of Listening

When we practice listening to what others have to say,” Christian Scott writes, “when we truly hear them, there are fewer rambling thoughts coming from our own mind. When we hear what someone is saying before we put our own thoughts on it, our mind settles down into a receptive and peaceful space.

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