December 1, 2025 |
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Hello wonderful Open Heart Project, I’m writing to share something I believe deeply: the second of the transcendent actions — the paramita of discipline — isn’t a matter of rigid self-control. It is a source of clarity, spaciousness, and genuine joy. Practiced well, discipline becomes the structure that supports our freedom. It’s also a perfect preparation for the new year.... READ MORE
November 24, 2025 |
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Hello, wonderful Open Heart Project. This week, we’re revisiting the first of the six paramitas — generosity. I originally recorded this teaching some time ago, but it feels especially relevant now, as we move toward the end of the year. Generosity is not only about giving material things; it’s about offering our attention, our patience, and our willingness to show... READ MORE
November 17, 2025 |
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Hello Open Heart Project. I hope you are well and finding sources of joy, big, small, in-between. In this week’s video, I share some thoughts about what may be the most important spiritual teaching for our time. I’m pretty sure I’m not exaggerating. Have a listen and see what you think! Love, Susan
November 10, 2025 |
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I hope you are well and finding sources of joy, big and/or small. I thought it might be useful to revisit some of the basics about our meditation practice. However, these basics are not basic at all. They point out the path to wisdom, insight, and creative inspiration. The only thing we have to do is let go of ambition…... READ MORE
November 3, 2025 |
I hope this finds you well, or at least finding your way. This week, I have a new kind of video for you to check out. It’s the latest episode of my new-ish podcast, Buddhism Beyond Belief where I talk about the real-life meaning of being a meditator. For example! Lately, I’ve been feeling a little grumpy (yes, truly) about... READ MORE
October 27, 2025 |
Thanks so much for signing up for this conversation about Meditation Teacher Training in The Open Heart Project. It is a delight to have such discussions with you. I hope to see you in January 2026 for training. All the details are here.
October 27, 2025 |
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Dear Open Heart Project. Over the past 2 weeks, we’ve been revisiting a series I recorded a few years ago about outer, inner, and secret magic. It still feels relevant in these complicated times. In that talk, I suggested that magic isn’t something far away or mystical. It arises right here—in the way we care for our surroundings, the gentleness we... READ MORE
October 20, 2025 |
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Hello wonderful Open Heart Project, This is the second video in a series I created a few years back. You can (but you don’t have to) check out what we talked about last week here. I’ve felt the wisdom of this series more deeply lately. In hard times, the invitation in this talk is always relevant. And so that’s why... READ MORE
October 13, 2025 |
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Dear Open Heart Project, I recorded a short video series a few years ago about how real magic is never separate from our hardest emotions — fear, grief, confusion. Magic doesn’t distract us from pain; it deepens our connection to it, and through that, something mysterious can begin to shift. I’ve been thinking about this ever since, and now I’m offering... READ MORE
October 8, 2025 |
Thank you so much for signing up and joining me for this conversation. I’m truly grateful you took time from your life, your day, your world to explore something so vital—what it means to work with your own mind in the midst of all that’s happening around (and within) us. Whether you were able to attend live or are watching... READ MORE
October 6, 2025 |
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I hope you are well and finding sources of joy, big and/or small. Yes, your meditation teacher got high. A LONG TIME AGO! But it was awesome and provided my first true spiritual insight. Don’t do what I did!! Drugs are not necessary but I was a youngster and it happened and so I’m sharing this crazy story with you.... READ MORE
September 29, 2025 |
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I hope you are well and finding sources of joy, big and/or small. Many thanks for the kind comments you made on my video last week in which I told you a personal story about how I began on the spiritual journey. This week continues on a personal note. I share with you the story of how I became a... READ MORE
