When The Village Meditates

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." — Martin Luther King Jr.
In this episode, I talk about what it means to trust when there's no visible evidence that what you're moving toward is actually happening. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."— Maya Angelou
In this episode, I share a story from last Saturday's Entering Silence and how it led me to reflect on what it means to freely receive the love that we so freely give. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." — Albert Camus
In this episode, I talk about what Fall is asking of us and how to meet  the change season with openness instead of bracing against it. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"The difference between towering and cowering is totally a matter of inner posture." — Malcolm Forbes
In this episode, I explore inner posture and why the quality of everything that follows depends on the posture we're standing in when it begins. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"We're all hallucinating all the time. When we agree about our hallucinations, we call it reality." — Anil Seth
In this episode, I explore perceptual humility: the recognition that what we experience as reality is always filtered, always partial, and never the whole picture. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge." — Audre Lorde
In this episode, I talk about purpose — not as something you find, but as something you uncover.  I explore why knowing yourself is where all true purpose begins and what it looks like to live that out loud. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." — Buddha
In this episode, I talk about the wandering mind — where it goes, what it does to us when it gets there, and why returning to the present moment may be the single most powerful thing we can do for our wellbeing. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you." — Pema Chödrön
In this episode  I sit with one of life's most important teachings: that the very things we are trying to avoid are often the things that can transform us most. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before I explore the difference between pain and suffering, and what it looks like to choose to suffer less. Enjoy the show.

"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself." — Eckhart Tolle
In this episode, I explore what it really means to be willing to see ourselves clearly; not perfectly, not harshly, but honestly. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before I dive into my reflections on clarity. Enjoy the show.

"Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes." — Carl Jung
In this episode, I explore what it truly means to connect with yourself  and why that inner connection is the foundation for everything else. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before getting into my personal reflections. Enjoy the show.