Reading Time: 5 minutes The first noble truth of Buddhism is simply dukkha–the reality of suffering. Though it is often translated as life is suffering, I prefer to think of it as the plain observation that there is suffering in the world. There is small s suffering–spilling your morning coffee on your lap while driving in traffic–and big S …
Reading Time: 7 minutes Every couple experiences conflict. It is an inevitable fact of life that when two people meet, there are going to be challenges. That is because every relationship is a meeting of two previously separate and distinct worlds. One person prefers things a bit messy, the other needs cleanliness. One person is a night owl, another …
Reading Time: 7 minutes I want you to imagine for a moment that you have never seen rain. Imagine you are an alien from another planet, visiting earth for the first time. You’re sitting on a human’s front porch, looking out into the world, and seeing what this “Planet Earth” is all about. Just then, an extraordinary sight suddenly …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Last week, I wrote about the basic idea that you cannot love someone and try to change them at the same time, because if you are trying to change someone, you aren’t really loving them; you are just loving parts of them. I also mentioned that this perspective also puts us on a path to …
Reading Time: 6 minutes We may think with our mind and speak with our mouths, but we truly come to understand the world with our bodies. Our lived experience is our reference point from which we measure everything else, which is why it can be challenging to wrap our minds around the eternal mystery of love. But before we …
Reading Time: 7 minutes If you haven’t checked out the Learn to Love Podcast yet, give it a listen. I’ve been researching love for years now, so I’d like to think I know a thing or two about it; yet in every conversation I have, I learn something new. Not only has each episode been incredibly informative, but with …
Reading Time: 7 minutes I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you are not who you think that you are. How do I know you have it all wrong? Because I know that the entire world has conspired to define who you are in a certain way that was repeated so often, you began to …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Like a bud in springtime, the heart longs to be open. Our fundamental nature is one of open, awake, spacious, and loving presence, and the more we open our heart, the more connected, alive, and present we feel. Our spiritual path is learning this process of opening and removing the obstacles that keep us closed …
Reading Time: 6 minutes America and the world, my heart goes out to you. The challenges we are facing are daunting, unprecedented, and heart-breaking. In the United States, California is on fire. The Gulf Coast is getting pummeled by hurricanes. Anti-police protests are increasing, police are getting away with murder again and again and again, and now protesters are …
Reading Time: 5 minutes When I was young, I never liked how people used the word God. Living in a disproportionately Christian society, people talked of God like he was a supernatural white guy with a beard on a cloud in the sky. And although he seemed to have unlimited power and wisdom, he spent his free time hating …
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