Ernie Thayer

Do you ever find yourself wrestling an old demon, and for no particular reason?

At the latest retreat in Vancouver, BC, I noticed again how much we are touched by the presence of warm curiosity in our lives, and by the way of living it suggests. And I realized afresh how much we love to laugh (as though this were news!). Having listened to a little of the recording, […]

Well, it’s been a while, and I apologize for my too-long absence from posting. It has been a very interesting summer, including most recently an incredible workshop experience in the Seattle area. A truly amazing group assembled there with care and openness and something lovely occurred.

Most of our lives are lived on the time-line from past to future, cradle to grave. We are endlessly concerned about how things are going and how they’ll turn out. It seems the most natural thing. Then at moments, our breath is taken away by something beautiful, by a delightful fit of laughter, a wonderful […]

Vacationing in Hawaii recently left me in a state of such ease. I had one especially lovely morning on the deck of our little bungalow in Haiku where the sheer beauty of the place, the raucous birdsong and the light, ah the light, lulled me into a kind of meditative state. Once there I felt […]