Written by Jen Liu

“As we begin to develop greater awareness of our projections, desires, aversions, and gaps in understanding, we simultaneously develop a sense of truly plugging...

Written by Jen Liu

“Although it's natural to aspire to make progress on the path, it's important to keep in mind that meditation isn't designed for us to become experts at it as...

Written by Jen Liu

“Meditation shows us, through countless tiny repeated failures to stay present, how critical acceptance is to developing wakefulness and intentionality. The...

Written by Jen Liu

“Enlightenment is a practice, not a prize. Learning to recognize opportunities to touch it in everyday situations is a form of joining heaven and earth —...

Written by Jen Liu

“Meditation may not necessarily feel productive in the way that other tasks with immediate, quantifiable results do. But that doesn't mean it's not fruitional. By...

Written by Jen Liu

“Mindfulness is a choice that we have to make repeatedly. It requires our intentional, wakeful participation to be able to inhabit the present moment over and over,...

Written by Jen Liu

“Minding the gap, both during meditation and in applying mindfulness to our everyday lives, opens us up to a world of choice. It gives us access to a more wakeful...

Written by Jen Liu

“Experiencing resistance to meditation is an aspect of the journey, not a malfunction of it. If we set the intention to explore meditation as a committed and...

Written by Jen Liu

By now, you've likely come across the phrase "the middle way" in your studies of Buddhism and meditation. The origin of this concept can be traced back to some of the earliest...