Author: Tasshin

i cannot overstate

i cannot overstate how extremely important it is to trust your weird, out-of-nowhere, never-been-asked-before questions; your weird, out-of-left-field, never-been-tried-before ideas and intuitions

The Dark

You are reading a novel, and the protagonist is on the verge of making a choice.

An Offering of Silent Retreats

Last spring, a friend contacted me to introduce me to North Burn. North was beginning a project to host extended silent meditation retreats for dedicated practitioners in a beautiful setting in the Pacific Northwest. Having…

Boundaries

This post shares everything I’ve learned so far about boundaries, and what’s worked for me.

Empowerment

Seeing myself, the people in my life, and the world in terms of vows has brought me a set of gifts. I look closely at each person, and try to discern what their vow is….

Mysticism

Like most teenagers, I went through a rebellious phase. I became a fervent atheist, amongst other things. In retrospect, this was a strange development. I wasn’t raised as a theist. I grew up in the…

What is a Vow?

There was once a little boy. He looked out his window, jaw dropped, wondrous at the amazement of life. He started crying. Life was so beautiful, so confusing, so complex, so mysterious, so foreign. Why…