This site is intended to be a basic reference for mindfulness, meditation, Buddhism and related topics. It started as a portable collection of personal notes and has grown with new sections added based on feedback, conversations, readings, previous study, and ongoing practice. The material here is a basic introduction, and there are many resources out there to explore everything here in much more depth if you are so led.
This site is not intended to be a substitute for psychiatric or medical advice (read website disclaimer), and it is not intended to convert anyone to Buddhism or any other ideology. Its purpose is to share ideas and practices that may be worthy of investigation, support inward reflection, help navigate this thing we call life, and, perhaps, ease suffering - whether you are religious or not religious. At some point in my life, I have studied or practiced the material covered here, and while I may incorporate material here into my life, I am not a therapist nor do I consider myself a Buddhist or an authority on the any of the material included here.
Some material here is verbatim from the references listed or the linked resources. I am extremely grateful to those whose work is included, cited, or linked, and I apologize for any errors, omissions, faulty links, etc.
We all have our journeys, and if yours has led you here, for whatever reason, may you learn something and benefit in some way. There is a saying "come and try, see for yourself." Try mindfulness and meditation for yourself- keep what benefits you and let go of what does not.
