My teacher defined humor as “freedom from the implications of experience.” It seems to me that this liberating stance is precisely the orientation we need if we are to meaningfully engage our crazy time and wicked problems — ecological, political, social and cultural. Last …
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The Acceleration of Crazy
A recent video conversation between Terry and David Riordan in which they explore the “acceleration of crazy” as our current national "reality show" unfolds. Terry describes how he's navigating these heady times, and suggests that major stage transitions like the one we are …
The Practice of “Losing Face”
In this brief video, Terry invites you to let go of looking good and open up to freedom. Instead of pretending to have it together, celebrate when you look ridiculous! Losing face is the secret to reacquiring the totality of your being. …
Living our question in a time of global change
Our amazingly wonderful and terrible times represent a profound koan, an impossible riddle that we must resolve, an infinitely deep question that undoes our mind and reconfigures our consciousness. We are the most blessed humans in history. We are information and …
The taboo against ecstasy
Part of our unspoken contract with conventional society is that there’s a certain range of how we get to be. It’s fine to be worried. It’s fine to strive. It’s fine to be depleted. But if you break open in the spirit of freedom itself — or joy itself? That’s just …
Co-creating the Buddha-Sangha
Thich Nhat Hanh famously said “the next Buddha may be a Sangha.” It’s a phrase that is repeated so often for a reason — it points to something important. In this brief video, Terry asks — what kind of practice is required to earn our place as a creative participant in such a …