In this piece, I bring together a vivid experience from a long Buddhist retreat seven years ago with a much more ordinary image: my living room, where I’m writing now. Along the way I’ll explore images, perception, and how they connect with my practice of therapy. I hope you’ll stay with me. A Mountain Shrine: Amitabha over the Sea I’m about six weeks into a four-month retreat in the mountains of Spain. I’m in the middle of my ordination retreat – the retreat in which I’m bei

Death requires us to accept the unacceptable.  Whether it’s our death or the death of those we love. It crosses all lines and takes us...