Trauma Is Not What Happens to You but What Happens Inside You A more basic question comes first: What is trauma? As I use the… Read More »Trauma Is Not What Happens to You but What Happens Inside You
The Broad and Surprisingly Inclusive Trauma Spectrum The usual conception of trauma conjures up notions of catastrophic events: hurricanes, abuse, egregious neglect, and war. This… Read More »The Broad and Surprisingly Inclusive Trauma Spectrum
Taking Down the House “Vainly I sought the builder of my house Through countless lives. I could not find him… How hard it is to… Read More »Taking Down the House
Who, or What is Looking? When you look at a tree or a human being in stillness, who is looking? Something deeper than the person.… Read More »Who, or What is Looking?
Honestly and Openly Addressing Our Emotional Struggles There is a term in Tibetan, “nge jung,” that is often translated as “renunciation,” but which literally means… Read More »Honestly and Openly Addressing Our Emotional Struggles
Being Intimate with . . . Yourself! A pearl goes up for auction. No one has enough,so the pearl buys itself. Rumi Love exists in… Read More »Being Intimate with . . . Yourself!
The Taoteching #13 Favor and disgrace are like warningshonor and disaster are like the bodyand why are favor and disgrace like warningsfavor means descendingto gain… Read More »The Taoteching #13
The Last Will & Testament Ikkyu, a famous Zen teacher of the Ashikaga era, was the son of the emperor. When he was very young,… Read More »The Last Will & Testament
To Grow in Wisdom The ignorant [person] is an ox.He grows in size, not in wisdom. The DhammapadaChapter: Old Age
Death is Life Before I had gotten sick, everything unfamiliar had made me a little uptight. I had felt separated from the people on the… Read More »Death is Life
