Mindful intelligence- illuminated and discerning awareness can and will reveal parts of us that we don’t want to reveal.

As the essence or quality of our being and of our functioning, mindful intelligence infuses and expands our capacities to emerge with our true humanity- instinctual, intuitive, physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual…

Allow your children to experience the fullness of the present moment. The skills we cultivate in both our formal and informal mindfulness practice can be very useful in parenting. One of the most fundamental skills we can take from our practice is “paying attention”- to read our children’s communications more accurately- and to be more […]

Penetrating illumination comes from the precision of our mindfulness practice, and in the refinement of our free attention and open awareness.

Let us propose that our mindful intelligence can penetrate, support, and open up any capacity and any endeavor in any situation. There is no limitation to this intelligence- to the light that can be shed- to the alternatives and options that can be revealed… flowing, emerging, and illuminating.

The “psychological warrior” becomes stronger when surrendering to the “tigers within”. As a “thinking machine” with a “monkey mind” chasing here, there, and everywhere, we are constantly abuzz with thoughts of the past or the future. We’re so busy problem solving and anticipating our next move- looking, searching, and perceiving potential “threats” to our way […]

Mindful intelligence is something that can penetrate our obscurations by lighting everything up. As we refine this quality of being our light can become brighter, more intense, and brilliant- thus revealing the situation in the luminescence of clear sanity.

“Mindful Intelligence” is deeply apart of our presence- our innate consciousness, and our beingness. It is this quality of being that can affect all our other capacities and potentialities. Our practice refines this quality through realization and direct application.

“Natural” intelligence is one of our inborn capacities, one of our potentials, just as love is one of our potentials. It is something you have to find in yourself- something you have to open to in yourself and then bring to your direct experience.

Life seems to unfold effortlessly and seamlessly in moments when we are aligned with the truth of our nature.