The Well

You are frequently Awake Think of a time when you were suddenly confronted with great beauty or exquisite music, something stunning....

Grasping You are at a retreat, or perhaps it was an extraordinary day, or an amazing experience. The effect of the day or days, the...

Why is Meditation taught in all traditions? There are so many great reasons for meditation, for the purposes of this post, we are focused...

Traditional Fundamentals in Practice: Fasting Many fundamental practices have diminished in the eyes of those in Eastern Traditions, and...

General notes on Practice - The Way One’s 10,000 favorite radio stations/frequencies, thought forms, desires and fears, mesmerize one’s...

For some time, "Devotion" escaped me, it was seen as the worship of otherness, an odd weakness of spirit investing in some-thing or...

It is interesting to look at the concept of "stillness of the mind" and perhaps better stated "Stillness in Presence" or "Stillness in...

Try viewing karma in a different light: It is not something that is accumulated - you are wearing it - living it - it is the light imbued...

Dark Night of the Soul An agonizing and liberating experience when one has come to the absolute limit of wilfulness with regard to a...

Shifu David Doyle: I originally meditated in full lotus - not as a weekend warrior but in practice that included asanas 3-8+ hours a day....