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Buddha Weekly Interview<\/a><\/h2>

March 2017<\/p>

In this frank interview with Buddha Weekly, Theodore discusses when meditation helps and when it can harm \u2014 with depression, psychosis, and cognitive decline \u2014 plus teacher-student ethics and what to do when a teacher breaches trust.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Compassion: Being Kind to Ourselves<\/a><\/h2>

December 2015<\/p>

Being kind to ourselves isn’t optional \u2014 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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Mindfulness Meditation in\u00a0Brief<\/a><\/h2>

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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Response to the Cries of the World<\/a><\/h2>

March 2011<\/p>

Theodore on meeting global suffering: why pain does not require understanding to be valid, and how remembering that we are part of the natural world lets us respond with compassion rather than despair.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Shamanism in Brief<\/a><\/h2>

August 2009<\/p>

Theodore on the shamanic journey: stepping outside cognition into non-ordinary reality, where time and space dissolve and the world is experienced as both form and formless.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Spiritual Crisis<\/a><\/h2>

October 2007<\/p>

Spiritual crisis often arrives not from tragedy but from sincere practice itself. Theodore explains why these periods of doubt and upheaval are a sign of real inner work, the importance of a trustworthy guide, and practical ways to find steadiness until the storm passes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Tools of Practice<\/a><\/h2>

July 2015<\/p>

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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Why Do We Go on Retreat?<\/a><\/h2>

May 2015<\/p>

An opening retreat talk on why sitting together in silence is rare and valuable, the experience of connection Theodore calls \u2018One Mind, One Body,\u2019 and why a retreat isn’t about achieving bliss but facing our lives honestly, exactly as they are.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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