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 …
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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 …
Beyond “sudden” and “gradual” enlightenment
In this brief video, Terry suggests that our time calls for more than one kind of awakening, and more than one kind of role. Our time asks us to be a culture of sudden and gradual awakening, all teachers and students to one another, giving everything we have to helping each other …
The Future of Dharma
We're at such an exciting time now in the evolution of dharma. In this brief video, Terry discusses the next step in awakening in a new way – coming together as brothers and sisters in authentic mutuality — this is the possibility of our time. …