Enjoy Stopping Buddhist meditation has two main aspects: stopping (samatha), which can also be translated as calming, and looking deeply...

We normally think of our consciousness as reflecting the world. Yet, looking at things that way, our consciousness can create the...

Let the Buddha Do It Thich Nhat Hanh taught that, whenever you are overwhelmed, or have to do something you don’t want to do, we should...

The Fifth Hindrance: Doubt Doubt can, of course, be a positive word when used in contrast to naïve belief. It is of course potentially...

I have been writing about the hindrances that arise in meditation, as well as whenever we are trying to practice mindfulness. I have...

The Third Hindrance: Sloth and Torpor The third hindrance is sloth and torpor. These are technically somewhat different mental factors. ...

The Five Hindrances: Working with Desire If we wish to achieve some meditative stability, or some peace in our lives in general, the...

The Hazards of Being Male When I was in college, feminism was becoming a powerful and transformative force in our society. Women at that...

How to be of Actual Help If there were one thing I could tell people who aren’t mental health professionals, and who are listening to a...

The human brain evolved with what has been called a negativity bias. This means that we are far more inclined to notice what is wrong...