"Wherever we may be in our practice, we’ve all at times asked ourselves: What would it be like if I sat a little longer? Perhaps after our first afternoon, or daylong silent retreat, we thought—'I was really able finally to settle in there and experience stillness. It was powerful, and some interesting thoughts arose. What … Continue reading A Deeper Dive: Reflections on a Four-Year Silent Meditation Retreat
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Sea Change, Rich & Strange
"Nothing of him that doth fade / but doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange." —Percy Shelley, The Tempest Sea change, rich and strange. Swim in strange waters. Armed with beauty and circus, wage war on the monotony of life. Designate time for what matters, and be a connoisseur of the free … Continue reading Sea Change, Rich & Strange
Trying is Lying
"'I wish someone had told me when I was much younger that I didn’t have to have an airtight legal case for a breakup — all I had to have was a desire to no longer be in that relationship,' she writes. 'I would have saved myself a lot of time.'" —Kelli María Korducki. "Leaving … Continue reading Trying is Lying
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