June 2026 A few years ago, California had a tremendous number of wildfires. Some of them were in Southern California, and some around the Bay Area. Those of us in the Bay Area had smoke everywhere for weeks. Sometimes the smoke was so bad, it looked like it was evening Read more
January – February 2026 The very first thing we teach in the Step 1 meditation course, Energy Creates Life, is about attention. We teach you how to be in charge of your attention. Notice where attention goes. Your emotions, for example — how you feel at any given time — Read more
August 2025 There is a lot going on politically right now, but the politics these days affect, or will affect, all of us. Even events in other states can have consequences for us. We were having a fundraising meeting the other day. One person in the meeting had been talking with a Read more
January, 2025 I imagine that there will be much suffering in the next few years, both here in the US and in the world. I was reading a blog the other day, and the author, Rev Deshna Shine, said “There is no right or wrong way to deal with suffering, Read more