STUDENTS OF LIVING

The date is June 22, 2017. I'm in Himachal Pradesh, the northern tip of India, near Pakistan's border. It's about 6 a.m., and I'm getting...

The easiest way for me to tell stories is by using phases of my life and sharing some context so you can put yourself in my shoes. This p...

Last week I posted a piece about how I'm spending my time during this unique point in human history. Because of that post, I had a few pe...

It's a unique time in history; it calls for changed behavior. If someone told us that we'd get a 2-3 week "break" from work or social int...

Do you ever catch yourself drifting into a completely random train of thoughts and wonder why you just thought those things? Our inner vo...

With everything that's going on in the world right now, it's understandable for people to question the signs of the universe. Are we bein...

"The obstacles in our way are only two, though caused in various ways, namely, dullness and distraction (avarana and vikshepa)....The fir...

This is a follow-up to my last post, in case you haven’t read it. Friday, May 19 at approximately 7:00 in the morning, I published the or...

Five weeks of teaching at a school in Nepal and the most popular questions (rightfully so) from my friends and family back home have been...

“Most people are deeply attached to thinking…most people celebrate thought and value their ideas as their most personal property. Thinkin...

“One of the hallmarks of experienced meditators is their ability to experience negative emotions without necessarily ‘getting caught up’ ...

If you’re thinking that I’ve been completely invested and inspired by what I’m doing in my life, then I’ve been unintentionally fooling y...

Where do immigrants belong? This is a question that has been in the news for the past several months, and one that has plagued me through...