- Meditation Hand Position, Eyes, and Face: What to Do When You SitWhen you settle in to meditate, even the smallest details can feel uncertain—hands, eyes, the quiet lines of your face. This is a place to begin where you are, letting your body find its own language of presence.
- How Long Should You Meditate as a Beginner? Finding Your Own RhythmWhen you first sit down to meditate, a quiet question may arise: how long should you meditate as a beginner? Perhaps the mind eagerly seeks a number—five minutes, ten, a prescribed ideal—hoping to measure progress or do things “right.” This gentle reflection explores the length of meditation for beginners, inviting you to listen inwardly for your own most humane and sustainable rhythm.
- How to Meditate for Beginners: Step by Step Into StillnessHow to meditate for beginners is a question that often arises in moments of longing for calm or clarity. If you’ve wondered where to start, or how to gently guide yourself through your first practice, you’re not alone.
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How to Make Peace With Mortality: Embracing Life’s Flow and the Mystery of Death
How do we make peace with mortality, that quiet question weaving through the edges of our days? If you’ve ever found yourself awake in the darkness, feeling the undeniable pulse of impermanence, you’re not alone. This exploration of how to make peace with mortality invites you to soften around uncertainty, discover what death reveals about self, and rest in the arms of radical acceptance.

Parable of the Raindrop and Ocean: Unraveling Self in Zen Stories
Have you ever felt impossibly small, as if your struggles and longings were drops that could dissolve without a trace? The parable of the raindrop and ocean floated into my life at a time when I craved some proof that I wasn’t as separate as I felt. Let’s sit with this story and see what it awakens — not just in the mind, but in the mysterious depths of self.

Analogy of the Mirror: Seeing Change and Stillness in Every Reflection
The analogy of the mirror appears throughout spiritual tales. In the surface, shifting forms come and go. The mirror itself—still, open—waits behind the changes. Sometimes wisdom is a glance, not a lesson.