Karuna Articles

Turning Toward the Light

By Melissa Moore on November 18, 2025

by Melissa Moore, Ph.D. As the universe darkens and the sun sinks earlier each evening, we enter the season that invites an intimate relationship with darkness, solitude, and silence. Many […]

What is Compassion without Radical Honesty

By Melissa Moore on August 7, 2025

By Melissa Moore Radical honesty is not simply about telling the truth in a blunt or moralistic sense. It’s a deep alignment between our inner experience and our outer expression, […]

Discovering the Elements Through Sacred Ritual

By Melissa Moore on July 17, 2025

by Melissa Moore For over four decades, I’ve contemplated what it truly means to commune with the sacred elements—not just as an educator, but as someone yearning for direct, authentic […]

Building Intensity Capacity

By Melissa Moore on June 27, 2025

Below is an excerpt from The Diamonds Within Us: Uncovering Brilliant Sanity Through Contemplative Psychology by Melissa Moore. This chapter, "Building Intensity Capacity", introduces concepts we'll explore in the upcoming […]

Transforming Fear: A Community Session in Contemplative Psychology

By Sandra Ladley on June 12, 2025

By Sandra Ladley These days, I often wake up wishing the fear and uncertainty we’re experiencing now would just go away like a bad dream. Don’t you wish you could […]

Finding a Soulful Bond: Building a Community of Love

By Melissa Moore on April 30, 2025

Searching for meaningful connections remains one of our deepest desires in a world that often feels disconnected and fast-paced. Beyond fleeting interactions and surface-level relationships, we long for soulful bonds—connections […]

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