By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
There is a time in life to make a pilgrimage. Let’s pack up some belongings, and set out on a path hoping to get a glimpse of what life is all about. There are many pilgrimages with footsteps for us to follow…
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
Most people are taught when sitting in meditation to watch their thoughts, feelings, everything which comes into awareness and let it go. Focus on your breath. Simply watch what arises and let it go. Focus on your breath…
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
We want to unplug. We want a break from all the noise and confusion in life. We want to take off and have nothing to do, no one to listen to, no email or texts to respond to. We just want to be free. So we sign up for a silent retreat…
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D
Stepping out of our worldly identity can lead us to the freedom of “no self.” No self, no problems. Embrace this awareness, and we find the joy of being our true self in the world...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
The heart has many faces, many moods. But there is one heart that is time-tested and true. It is the monastic heart and it is in each of us. The monastic heart is not hard or frozen, separated from the world by stone walls of old fashion rules and needless obedience...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
Nowhere is real food more apparent or more absent than in our partnerships and with our friends. In modern life when we carry so much of the daily world in our hearts, less and less of us is available for relationships. Many people live alone. Many more people, who live in relationship, feel as if they are alone...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
The sky of silence takes us to the stars and planets within us and beyond. Life is humbled, reflected, expanded, celebrated. In these moments I am beyond me and mine. “I” no longer occupies so much time and space...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
In silence we can hear our own thoughts. Perhaps more beautiful we can hear the world without the crowded stream of our thoughts. Visiting silence can be an adventure, a pilgrimage, a life changing journey into peace and quiet...