Meditations for the Heart, Mind, and Spirit

Compassion is not first and foremost about loving others or even oneself but suffering—from the Latin compassio meaning to “suffer with”—and as such is one of the most beautiful qualities of our humanity. Before any would-be efforts to fix a situation, and likewise prior to many well-intentioned words that would likely fall flat anyway, true compassion appears originally as a form of presence, the desire to be with another suffering, to feel, as much as one can from afar, the

Equanimity is not zen but zombie-like, a state of inner calm and composure at the ghastly cost of authentic being and becoming...

Intimacy is tender immersion, in a moment, a place, a relation; with or without love, with or without intention, but always through a connection luring us to the deep...

Activities elicit identities. While working, a professional demeanor, keenly attuned to rules of etiquette, ethics, propriety, and the like. While under the covers with a lover, a different animal emerges, sensual and primal, carnal and tactile. While walking alone on the beach, a more pensive side perhaps, questioning, wondering. While enjoying a meal with good friends, a fun-loving one may come to the fore, toying and teasing, joking and jesting, a child within now out to p