Journal.
Notes from the road. And the cushion. Recent journeys. Encounters. The quiet things I am still learning to understand.
Stress vs. Growth: Why Your Body Can't Do Both at Once
Stress vs. Growth: Why Your Body Can't Do Both at Once Outline This article explores one of the most overlooked truths in human biology: the cell, and by extension the whole organism, cannot simultane...
Read entry →The Power of the Subconscious
The Power of the Subconscious Why your affirmations keep bouncing off an invisible wall, and what's actually running the show. Outline This article explores the uncomfortable truth about positive thin...
Read entry →The Epigenetic Revolution
The Epigenetic Revolution Outline For most of the twentieth century, we were told a simple story: genes are destiny. You inherit them, they run the show, and you are essentially a passenger in your ow...
Read entry →The Membrane is the True Brain
The Membrane is the True Brain Outline For most of my life, I assumed the nucleus was the boss of the cell. School taught me that. Textbooks reinforced it. Even the phrase "the nucleus is the brain of...
Read entry →The Power of Eastern Wisdom. From the Sound of OM to Understanding Yourself
There is a single syllable. A single sound. A sound that holds the secret to your existence. The secret to the entire universe. That sound is OM.
Read entry →Two Paths, One Practice: Comparing Western and Tibetan Buddhist Approaches to Meditation
This article offers a comprehensive comparison of these two great approaches to meditation. It examines how Western practitioners and clinicians have framed meditation within the languages of neuroscience, psychology, and evidence-based medicine, and how Tibetan Buddhist monks have understood and practiced meditation within an elaborate philosophical framework involving karma, rebirth, compassion, and liberation.
Read entry →Vajrayana Practice: Tantra and the Transformation of Mind
At Gyuto Monastery I learned that Tantric Buddhism is not about escaping the mind. It is about using the mind as an engine for awakening.
Read entry →Gyuto Monastery and the Search for the Buddha Within
At the Gyuto Tantric Monastery I encountered a startling idea. Not one Buddha, but thousands. And the suggestion that one of them might be me.
Read entry →Dharamsala: The Quiet at the Top of the Mountain
I traveled to the home of the Dalai Lama in the Himalayas. The silence there taught me a lot about my own noise.
Read entry →Wat Pho and the Lineage of Touch
I went to Wat Pho in Bangkok to understand traditional Thai massage at its source. It is much more than a spa menu.
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