by Neil McKinlay | Apr 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
How do we do it? How do we connect with the much-discussed relational aspect of embodiment in both our practice and lives? How do we find those roots, those connections, that web of affection that links us with others? How does the subtle energy of the sambkogakaya...
by Neil McKinlay | Apr 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
A few of us spoke to a sense of being called when the Online Gatherings came together this weekend. In different ways and in differing circumstances, we talked about feeling an inner force pulling us in very clear and particular directions. Which often happens when we...
by Neil McKinlay | Apr 18, 2023 | Daily Life, Meditation Instruction
When we meditate together in the Online Gatherings, people are encouraged to arrange themselves however feels appropriate in that moment. Some of us lay down. Some of us sit up. Some of us move from one position to the other within a session.When people lay down, they...
by Neil McKinlay | Feb 22, 2023 | Daily Life, Meditation Instruction
In the past few years, I’ve thought a lot about teaching. More specifically, I’ve thought a lot about what guides my teaching. What are the core principles shaping my presentation of meditation in the world?While I don’t believe the following is a wholly complete...
by Neil McKinlay | Feb 4, 2023 | Buddhist Teachings, Daily Life
We affect one another.I was thinking this earlier today. After encountering a series of unexpected difficulties, I found myself frustrated and grumbling, beginning to view my life with a whole lot of resentment. And then, I remembered.Whenever we gather for one of the...
