Whether you are a fan of football or not, one thing is very obvious if you watch the game...
Relationships
The Reality of How We Were Loved; The Illusion We Should Have Been Loved More and Better
“As long as we hold fast to our ideal of what we deserve from the world, we blind...
Use your errands to engage with the world.
Use your errands to engage with the world. by Gregg Krech As you get organized for your day, in...
Make Each Encounter Your Final Encounter (and be happy to be wrong)
I just returned from spending three days with my 87 year old mother in Chicago. She is dying of...
“You Are Your Father”
One of the themes that Thich Nhat Hanh addresses with great depth and clarity is that of interdependence. Given...
How Do You Make Toast?
We all struggle with tricky, sticky problems from time to time. Often we just play around with these problems...
Finally
The following letter was inspired by Gregg Krech’s reflections during a two-week Naikan Retreat in Japan. During the retreat...
Thanking Mom
This essay was written by one of our members, Peter Smith, after he completed our Naikan self-reflection program. Last...