This week’s topic for reflection is right effort. Right effort naturally follows last week’s topic, “this moment.” What kind of effort is...

Zazen meditation is training in being present and open in this moment.

Isn’t everything and everyone in this continuous process of transition?

Walking along a volcano.

This week’s topic for reflection is sickness. When I’m healthy, that is my body is healthy, I tend to not be aware of my various systems...

This week’s topic for reflection is hard choices. Choices are not always clear cut where it is easy to see the right thing to do and how...

This weeks topic for reflection is equanimity. My dictionary defines equanimity as mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper,...

Dear Clear Stream Sangha, This week’s topic for reflection is equal. Are you equal? Maybe sometimes you feel better than and sometimes...

This week’s topic for reflection is letting go. Letting go of course is the opposite of clinging. While clinging requires effort, letting...

This week’s topic for reflection is where do you stand? Everyone stands somewhere. Our culture, family, gender, and species all influence...

This week’s topic for reflection is ethics. From where you stand, step into the realm of ethics. Do you have an ethical orientation that...

This week’s topic for reflection is boundaries. To live without boundaries sounds chaotic and necessarily unruly. We need guidelines to...

This weeks topic for reflection is powerful. Do you see yourself as being powerful? If yes, why? If no, why not? What have you been told...

Humility is this week’s topic for reflection. Leaning further into last weeks topic powerful, I feel the need for humility. It’s like...

This week’s topic for reflection is fear and trust. As I reflect on these it seems fear drives away trust. Also, fear looses it’s power...