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
September 22, 2025 |
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I hope you are well during this difficult time. So much sorrow. Did you know I’ve been sending these free meditation emails for more than TEN YEARS?! I hope to continue to do so for another ten. In the meantime, I thought it might be a good idea to let you in on a bit more about my own spiritual... READ MORE
September 15, 2025 |
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I hope you are well during this difficult time. Before our meditation this week, I share with you a Buddhist teaching called the Four Reminders. They have a way of immediately restoring clarity, balance, and lovingkindness. Don’t take my word for it! Have a listen and see how they land for you. In other news, I cry during this talk!... READ MORE
August 25, 2025 |
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Hello wonderful Open Heart Project, I hope you are well during this difficult time. Before our meditation this week, I offer some thoughts on a Buddhist teaching that I have found helpful in knowing how to direct my energy and strength to create more sanity and decency in the world—not so easy in this particular moment. Please have a listen... READ MORE
August 18, 2025 |
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Hello, practitioner and seeker! I hope you are well. In this video, I share a short talk on a semi-obscure teaching called the Seven Riches of the Universal Monarch. If that doesn’t sound obscure, I don’t know what does. In any case! I find this teaching incredibly useful and practical. It lists the 7 things you and I need to... READ MORE
August 6, 2025 |
Thanks to everyone who registered for this info session on what really happens on a meditation retreat. You can learn more about and sign up for the retreat I’m teaching at Kripalu here. I hope to see you there. Love, Susan
July 2, 2025 |
I’m grateful to everyone who registered for this info session on the Sunday Sanity Summit. I hope the real magic of this practice is of benefit to you. If your heart has been nudging you toward joining us for the Sunday Sanity Summit, please do! It would be great to see you there. We’ll gather on Zoom from 3:00–4:00 PM... READ MORE
June 23, 2025 |
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Hello, wonderful Open Heart Project. I hope you are well and I send you my love. Before today’s sit, I share a few thoughts about the first paramita (transcendent action) which is generosity. The remaining transcendent actions–discipline, patience, exertion, meditative absorption, and wisdom–would not be possible without some sense of your own richness and indestructible kindness. But when times are... READ MORE
June 16, 2025 |
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Hello Open Heart Project, I recently read an article about a new meditation app that purports to offer meditation instruction via AI generated content meant to teach Dzogchen and Mahamudra. My friends, I literally could not sleep that night. I was so upset. Dzogchen and Mahamudra are among the highest teachings in all of Buddhism. They are never taught without... READ MORE
