by Neil McKinlay | Jul 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Online Gatherings have been considering the ground of compassion. What is needed for us to experience a free and natural flow of compassion – of feeling (-passion) with (com-) – in our practice and lives? Two developments come to mind. In general,...
by Neil McKinlay | Jun 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Online Gatherings has been considering what we’ve described as ‘complementary understandings’ of what practice instructions offer us. On the one hand, there’s an understanding characterized by stepping stones. The instructions are stepping stones, one...
by Neil McKinlay | Jan 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s easy to think of meditation as a one-way street. I do this myself. Unfortunately, I often reinforce this impression when teaching.“Let’s slow down,” I say at the beginning of a practice session. “Slow down and let your attention surrender to the absorptive draw...
by Neil McKinlay | Dec 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Minus my own features, the screen before me was empty. It was 10:38 am PT on Thursday December 11, 2025. The absence of other faces in the Zoom meeting I had opened ten minutes earlier suggested no one else was coming today.This happens from time to time. On rare...
by Neil McKinlay | Nov 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
A recent Online Gathering generated a short discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Like so many platforms, Zoom has introduced an ‘AI Companion’ to it’s smorgasbord of features. When someone noted this seems to have been turned on for us, it was promptly...
