

Where Are You Growing?
The vernal equinox, and spring! Green leaf buds already appear on the stems of lilac and forsythia, and rumor has it . . . at least one...
At the Gate Between Years
There is only one Presence. one all-pervasive, all-aware, all-knowing, all-powerful Presence. This Presence is Spirit. It is divine. It...
Solstice: Still Point
To find the solution to any apparent chaos, To find the still point around which everything can be ordered, To find, in fact, the order...


Waking Yourself Up
In this practice [of remaining rooted in the present], you wake yourself up out of any story about the past or the future, or about...
Sensory Awareness in the Now
Most who write these days about being "in the now" have in mind (usually without saying so) sensory awareness in the now. Just what are...


Brooks Director Gives Presentation in Vermont
Brooks Director Jane Kopp (who usually writes the Brooks blog) will be away from Denver for two weeks to give a presentation in the...
One Thing at a Time
Being conscious, being present in the now, really means being conscious and being present to and with what you have chosen to pay...
Where Does It End?
There may be no end to what there is to be conscious of. There may be no end to becoming more conscious! If you read the last post here...
What Is There to Be Conscious of?
We at Brooks love the French question “Qu’est-ce que c’est”?—English, “What is this?”--but more literally, What is this that this is? The...