Ernie Thayer

Holly & I just returned from 6 weeks in Mexico – warm beaches, the extraordinary colors of the sea, the love of my woman, new friends and old, playing at water sports and, not least, great eats! It was delightful. Yet more than any of this, there was that abiding peace.

Oh, the joy of being in a state where one can see comparisons and judgments as they arise and to leave them alone, where one can see the mind moving in its self-created time, conjuring up all sorts of futures, and to leave them be.

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, […]

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 […]

I think I was set up…. Yesterday was a lovely day with visiting family, showing off some of our gorgeous coastline. A clear wintry blue sky, cool but comfy, endlessly inviting walks and viewpoints, sea lion roars, crashing surf, surging swell hiding then revealing the contours of the sea. Afterwards, the puppies (and several of […]