In this frank interview with Buddha Weekly, Theodore discusses when meditation helps and when it can harm — with depression, psychosis, and cognitive decline — plus teacher-student ethics and what to do when a teacher breaches trust.
Nathan Carey reflects on learning to meditate in an MBSR course with Theodore and Adele, and how choosing patient, honest observation over the endless hunt for quick fixes changed how he relates to himself and the people he loves.
Sandra Thompson traces her slow, uneasy journey from following external rules about giving to discovering what dana — offering ‘according to your means’ — means for her, and how that inquiry opened into a wider practice of generosity.
A classic Zen story in comic form: a monk carries a stranded woman across a river to help her, drawing his companion’s silent disapproval for hours afterward — until he’s asked why he’s still carrying something set down long ago.
An illustrated adaptation of Loren Eiseley’s classic story: a man walks a beach littered with stranded starfish, throwing them back one at a time. Challenged that it can’t matter, his answer is simple — ‘It made a difference for that one.’
Why we practice together at SLMC, and the three tools that support the journey: meditation itself, study to build understanding, and faith to carry us through the moments when nothing quite makes sense.
A concise look at why we meditate: cultivating stillness to see clearly past the stories we tell ourselves, loosening rigid thoughts and bodily tension, and moving toward a deeper sense of our true nature.
Being kind to ourselves isn’t optional — it’s the foundation for kindness to everyone else. Theodore explores both the gentle and the tough sides of self-compassion, and why simply acknowledging our experience, without judgment, is where real kindness begins.