Buddhism – Buddhist Therapist

Nihilism or Optimism? More Thoughts on Grief

(My apologies in advance for writing about grief again. I wish my mind was elsewhere, but I suppose that’s what

Today I saw my father-in-law for the first time since my father passed away. He was kind and sympathetic. He

My dad passed away about 17 days ago now. This is the first time I’ve tried to write about it

Most of us accept the reality given to us. That includes our thoughts and feelings. After all, if we think

“Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky.”-

One hundred years ago, William Butler Yeats wrote the poem “The Second Coming.” Much was happening in the world when

I wrote something for Tricycle magazine! An excerpt to the beginning for you to peruse: During a lecture, a student asked Shunryu Suzuki, the

Just a quick post, I wrote something for Mental Hellth, a newsletter about mental health and capitalism. The full version

In the cosmic, grand scheme of things, our lives don’t mean a whole lot. Or they are the most important

It’s been a while! I have no excuses really except that I was on vacation and tried to write a

Recently I’ve had the thought that rationality or even science is not “objective” but is its own worldview. It may

I recently published my first piece for Tricycle magazine. To be honest, it’s been nerve-wracking as hell to have it

Once a monk made a request of Joshu. “I have just entered the monastery,” he said. “Please give me instructions,

On the night he was enlightened, the Buddha sat under a Bodhi tree and sat in meditation, vowing to stay

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I read a wonderful piece in Tricycle magazine today about what a spiritual life looks like. The timing for me