Join me and Michael Carroll on July 15 for a free community discussion on the 4 immeasurables: loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic-joy, equanimity. What are they and why do they matter?https://www.thewisdomseat.org/event-details/the-four-immeasurables-loving-kindness-compassion-sympathetic-joy-equanimity
In Winter 2024, I went on a sitting meditation retreat. It was a week of stillness, routine, and letting go of habitual thoughts. When I was traveling home from the retreat I had a strong sense of wanting to shift my life/work/career from mostly coding by myself toward community, events, and helping people. But I…
Today is my birthday, and I finally forgot how old I am. Forgetting my age is not a warning sign – it’s a relief. For most of my life I have kept too close a watch on that number, and measured my accomplishments against it, often disappointed in myself. For example, when I was a…
I started playing electric guitar when I was 12. But, I haven’t played in about 20 years. I grew to have an adversarial relationship with the instrument. I wasn’t getting better, I kept writing the same song in different ways, and didn’t see a way out except to try another instrument. So, I took cello…