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Appreciating Leonard Cohen
“If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day.” - Leonard Cohen Insights Into Practices: Quotes From Leonard Cohen Films About Leonard Cohen What I’m Watching A Poem by Hafez, “I have a thousand brilliant lies…” Half Day Sitting, Oct. 13 Weekend...
Awe In Everyday Life
Insights Into Practices: Awe Zen Puzzler: Everyone Wants To Leave The Endless Changes A Poem, by Wendell Berry “Awe is everywhere. It’s the world. It is about pausing and reflecting and looking at things anew. The science tells us is it’s good for our minds and...
Do Good, Avoid Harm, Appreciate Your Lunacy, Pray For Help
A compelling slogan to live by Insights Into Practices What I’m Reading What I’m Listening To Half-day Retreat: In Mill Valley ·Weekend Retreat: Green Gulch Farm This is one of my favorite, and most surprising slogans from a group of 59 statements called “Lojong”...
Poetry and Pragmatism
Finding The Time To Listen More Deeply · Insights Into Practices · Zen Puzzler: Whatever you meet is the path · What I’m Reading: Two children’s books · Half-day Retreat: In Mill Valley · Weekend Retreat: Green Gulch Farm Insights Into...
For Wellbeing, Return To The Well
Insights Into Practices What I’m Reading My Favorite Quote This Week Weekend Retreat Insights Into Practices I once led a day-long meditation retreat for a group of twelve Google engineers. We did several 30-minute periods of meditation in the morning and afternoon,...
You Go First: In Leadership and Life
· Insights Into Practices · A Poem: I’m Nobody, by Emily Dickinson · What I’m Reading · Weekend Retreat Insights Into Practices Have you noticed that it can be challenging to have healthy, trusting, supportive, sustainable relationships at work and...