The word “best” is of course completely subjective, but I thought I would share with you the Top 5 most read posts from 2012. For those who may have missed them during the year, perhaps you may find them to…
I think most people would agree that they enjoy being happy. And I doubt that many of us would say we like to be sad, angry or depressed. But yet we probably all experience happy, sad, and angry moments many…
Am I the tall guy, am I David, am I Mr. Schmidt, am I Dad, am I Grandpa, or am I Nissarana? How do you define me, and which label is correct? Is one correct and the others false, or…
Denial (also called abnegation) is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may…
This morning I realized that the Buddha did not teach rules or guidelines. The Buddha gave instructions for liberation. And the more I practice, the more I understand why he hesitated in trying to transmit this to other beings. Words…