In the opening chapters of Wise Mind, Open Mind, Ronald A. Alexander describes a couple who lose both children in a car accident when left in the care of a baby sitter. He meditates and gleans they should go to India to heal. They meditate and learn the same.The subtitle of the book is: ”Finding Purpose [...]

About 5:45 a.m., Olivia comes padding out in her purple, Princess and the Frog pajamas. Her cotton candy hair stands on end, her eyes are half-closed and briny with sleep. “Moaning (morning),” she whispers, not sure she should be out of bed.She’s as cute at her 20-months as I’ve ever seen her. A four-letter word [...]

I’ve done an awful lot of soul bearing on the topics of anger/guilt and skull-crushing headaches lately on this blog. Fun! Self-awareness is awesome but not always pretty. It was my way of telling you what brought me to the salvation of meditation. But it’s time for a breather and to hear from the wisdom of someone who [...]

The anger…So as I was saying, once I worked on the guilt, the anger started to surface. Anger I didn’t even know I had. Annoyance perhaps. Irritation maybe. But anger? Yep. Teeth-grinding, blood boiling, cartoon top-blowing anger bubbled up as I took my morning walks.The topics, the faces, the situations surprised me. I had been running [...]