Starting With Self

"It's only when we truly know that we have a limited time on earth that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had." — Elizabeth Kübler-RossIn this episode, I talk about two subjects most of us spend our lives avoiding: death and impermanence and why I believe we can't fully embrace the impermanence of life until we make peace with our own mortality. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free." — Thich Nhat HanhIn this episode, I talk about what it means to hold this life with an open palm rather than a clenched fist and explore why we grip the things we love. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"The most common form of despair is not being who you are." — Søren KierkegaardIn this episode, I talk about the scripts many of us live from before we find our own voice and what it actually costs us to stay silent.  As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"You are not what you think yourself to be." — Nisargadatta MaharajIn this episode, I talk about why the stillness beneath all the noise is not something we have to achieve but something we have to remember and what it looks like to practice returning to that place throughout your day. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” — RumiIn this episode, I reflect on the longing for belonging that lives in all of us and the systems that have made so many people feel like they don't belong. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." — Martin Luther King Jr.In this episode, I talk about what it means to trust when there's no visible evidence that what you're moving toward is actually happening. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."— Maya AngelouIn this episode, I share a story from last Saturday's Entering Silence and how it led me to reflect on what it means to freely receive the love that we so freely give. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." — Albert CamusIn this episode, I talk about what Fall is asking of us and how to meet  the change season with openness instead of bracing against it. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"The difference between towering and cowering is totally a matter of inner posture." — Malcolm ForbesIn this episode, I explore inner posture and why the quality of everything that follows depends on the posture we're standing in when it begins. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"We're all hallucinating all the time. When we agree about our hallucinations, we call it reality." — Anil SethIn this episode, I explore perceptual humility: the recognition that what we experience as reality is always filtered, always partial, and never the whole picture. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.