Thomas Gallagher

I am a committed meditator and a committed capitalist. I have worked in affordable

housing as a developer, owner and property manager for more than 40 years. In 2013 I

met one of the preeminent meditation teachers of our time – Pema Chodron. Over the

last 12 years I have developed a daily meditation practice that has changed my life in

many wonderful ways. I have gone through crises in my business and in my family.

Meditation sustained and comforted me through these challenges.

“The world creates your mind, and then your mind creates your world.”

This quote captures the essence of why I meditate and how I teach. Meditation is one

tool we can use to explore and understand our interior life. Once we see how our mind

works, we have agency that is animated by this fundamental question: I know this is

what I believe, but is it true and is it useful? Is there another way to view this situation

that might be more useful to me and others? This is practical side of my meditation

practice.

At the more existential level I have learned that I am aware, loving, compassionate and

wise. I just don’t know it, or I have forgotten.

I am licensed through Tergar International, a widely respected meditation community, to

teach meditation in the Any Time, Anywhere format. This is a purely secular method

grounded in one of the main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.