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    Dancing with Life Paid Member

    Posted by Monty McKeever on 10 May 2011
    Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, from Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness, In working with others, the approach of genuine spirituality is to just do it, just help. If you are relating to others unskillfully, you'll be pushed back. A direct message is always there. If you are relating with things directly, there will be direct messages coming toward you automatically. It happens on the spot. This could be called genuine mystical experience. More »
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    Only Connect Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 06 May 2011
    The following is James Shaheen's "Editor's View" from the new issue of Tricycle: Editor's View by James Shaheen More »
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    Announcing the Tricycle Karuna Fund Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 05 May 2011
    This month we're very pleased to host a special community discussion with Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, a New York City-based Buddhist organization that offers compassionate care to the sick and dying. The discussion centers around our society's inability to face up the reality of aging, sickness, and death, despite the tremendous opportunities that arise when we creatively engage these realities. We're sadly lacking in end-of-life care, and it's a growing problem. As Robert Chodo Campbell wrote recently, When one is approaching the end of one's life, there is a wonderful opportunity to look at all that is really important. So often I have heard the words "If only I had..........." "I wish I would have told him/her.........." More »
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    Doubt: Help or Hindrance? Paid Member

    Posted by Monty McKeever on 25 Apr 2011
    Sharon Salzberg, from the fourth talk, "The Five Hindrances: Doubt," of her Tricycle Retreat: More »
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    Ordinary Recovery: Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 08 Apr 2011
    Starting Monday, April 11, we're going to begin reading William Alexander's Ordinary Recovery: Mindfulness, Addiction, and the Path of Lifelong Sobriety at the Tricycle Book Club. It's the story of an alcoholic on the path to recovery. By using mindfulness, story, and meditation, Alexander teaches us how we can use the present moment to start the healing process.  From Ordinary Recovery: More »
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    Choosing a time to meditate Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 08 Apr 2011
    Plan to meditate at about the same time every day. Some people find it best to sit first thing in the morning; others find it easier to practice at lunchtime, or before going to bed at night. Experiment to find the time that works best for you. Then make a commitment to yourself. Write it in your datebook.I suggest you start by sitting for twenty minutes of meditation three times the first week—but if you'd rather start with a shorter time and gradually lengthen it, that's fine. Decide before each session how long it's going to be. (Set an alarm if you're worried about knowing when the time is up.) You'll add one more day of meditation in Week Two, another in Week Three, and two in Week Four, so that by the end of the month you'll have established a daily practice. More »