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Accepting our own suffering, opening to it, befriending it, and learning from it, is the only way to find lasting peace and equanimity.

We all get overwhelmed sometimes. Like any complex system, we enter a chaos state.

Moving from ignorance to mastery happens in four predictable steps.

In an attention economy, where other people’s ideas, ads, and entertainment products are ever-present, our most powerful skill is our ability to control our own focus.

Emotions are an integral and powerful part of how we think. Behind each individual feeling, there is a specific and decodable thought.

I once heard Joan Halifax speak about the difference between what we desire and “what will serve.” Separating the two can be tricky.

Sometimes our thoughts or emotions get overwhelming, repetitive. We get lost in their reality, and lose touch with the real world.

A judgment is neither a discernment nor a preference. It’s a distortion, a fear-based willingness to believe something false.