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Unstuffing from Stuff

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Left to our own devices, we are defined by our stuff. We collect stuff to protect ourselves from emptiness. And yet, we see that stuff does not last. In this article, we look at ways to simply be, while letting go of the stuff we cling to. Continue Reading…

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Clinging to People

Now, let me say something radical—almost all parenting (with the exception of abuse) is the best the parent can do. They learned how to be, to relate, and to parent from their parents, and most have not explored any of this strange knowledge with a competent professional. Most parents, then, are parenting by the seat of their pants, and are screwing up at least part of the time. Continue Reading…

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Nothing to Cling To

I think my motivation for this article has been the last month or so, as I’ve noted the deteriorating political situation in most of the Middle East, and in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and even in the cliché laden US primaries. Not to sit up here in Canada and preach, as we’ve got our own dramas. The other thing was the market fluxuations. I got to thinking about how the world seems to be shifting a bit, or a lot, and how interesting the times could be, for folk not well grounded in themselves. I suspect that might include a pile of people, as depth is not a prized characteristic. Clinging, on the other hand, is. Here, in no particular order are 10 things we cling to- Continue Reading…

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Small, Consistent Steps

Sure, everyone knows: “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” “The road to anywhere begins with the first step,” or even, “Begin with the end in mind.” So, why is this Zen Living, this making changes, this doing life differently, such a struggle? There are four things that hinder us: finger pointing, stubbornness, lethargy, and magical thinking. Today, we explore each, and propose a small, consistent step. Continue Reading…

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On Cleaning Out

There’s nothing particularly helpful about blame. And yet, it seems our minds revel in blame’s appeal. We fill our minds with slights, we tell ourselves how hard-done-by-we are, and we make ourselves victims of the past. In this article, we look at cleaning out our minds—letting go of what does not work. From this ‘cleaned place,’ new choices emerge. Continue Reading…

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The Complexity of Simplicity

Perhaps nothing is more important than truly grasping the paradoxical nature of reality. Most of us hate paradox—we want things to be simple, predictable, and emphatically, we want things to be the way we think they ought to be. Flying in the face of our little foot-stomping rants about how things ‘ought to be’ is ‘how things are.’ I call this side of the equation reality. Continue Reading…

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