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.’