Empty Shell
My heart is an empty shell Not empty with despair Or darkness But inhabited only by tenderness An unbearable vastness So universal That my smallness aches
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October 12, 2026
The Empty Cup-Everything Changes…
Everything changes. Our bodies. Our relationships. Our thoughts. Our emotions. Every moment is born, unfolds, and disappears. And yet… Is there something that never changes? In this episode of The…
July 28, 2026
The Confidence of the View
For a long time, I found that reflecting on impermanence, as important as it is, could also bring a subtle sense of uncertainty.If everything is constantly changing, if nothing can…
July 16, 2026
The hidden beauty
Sometimes, when the heart becomes very open and tender, the world feels extraordinarily delicate. Each birdsong carries a note of innocence. Each fragrance becomes a small gesture of kindness. Even…
May 20, 2026
The Heart of Sadness – The Empty Cup
There is a kind of sadness that is not only about loss. When what we rely on falls away, something older is revealed—an underlying vulnerability we usually try to cover.…
May 19, 2026
Beyond Words
There is a peace at the core of our mind, a silence humming through the noise, a tenderness running through all living things. We give it many names—Reality, God, Truth,…
March 28, 2026
The Empty Cup – This is it
We spend much of our lives leaning toward the future—waiting for something to happen, something to resolve, something that will finally make things feel complete.Even in spiritual life, we can…
March 24, 2026
The Empty Cup
I’m happy to share the launch of a new podcast: The Empty Cup.The name comes from a simple Zen image: before tea can be poured, the cup must be empty.…
March 24, 2026
Returning to tenderness
Moving from the kind of love that demands to the kind that simply offers is rarely immediate. It asks for small adjustments, again and again.Sometimes the ones we love do…
March 6, 2026
This is it
This morning, in a very ordinary moment, just between inhale and exhale, I felt it: “This is it.”Not “This is it!” — as in I’ve arrived, I’ve conquered, I’ve finally…
February 28, 2026