Resources — Useful Links
Over the years, I’ve found great inspiration from working with spiritual teachers and supporting communities. I’m glad to be able to provide these links to the sites of some of those who’ve had the most impact on my understanding.
Each of the links below opens in a new window, so you can continue browsing through these resources without having to find your way back here.
Adyashanti is a breath of
fresh air, a teacher who inspires through his being as powerfully as he does through his words. He expresses deep
truth in a conversational tone, and helps me understand the clarity, simplicity, and naturalness of living a
spiritual life. He combines lightness and profundity, he transmits spiritual freedom, and he reminds us of the
ordinary and natural quality of enlightenment. He feels like a teacher and a friend.
“True freedom comes when every speck of the known collapses into the unknown, not just for a moment,
but continually.”
Sally Kempton is an
inspiring, wise teacher of the heart. She was a senior teacher in the Siddha Yoga meditation community
for twenty years, and is the author of The Heart of Meditation under her monastic name Swami Durgananda.
Sally left monastic life and began teaching meditation as a process of inner exploration in 2002. She is also a
regular columnist for The Yoga Journal. Her website includes a guided meditation recording as well as
an excerpt from her book. She has been a wonderful teacher and an inspiration to me.
“Meditation is not just a practice. Meditation is a natural state. It’s an actual channel in
our consciousness, a bandwidth of tranquility, energy, and joy that reveals itself when we learn to pay
attention.”
Genpo Roshi is an American Zen
master who develops his Big Mind, Big Heart teachings “in a way that is readily accessible to Westerners and
relevant to our everyday life.” He has several audio downloads available, as well as sample writings from
his books and teachings.
“The point of spiritual practice is to return to our original mind, which is Big Mind. When our mind
is not divided, there is simply no conflict. In Zen we turn our own light inward to find our way back to original
mind.”