Elephant Books

03/20/2026

Get Waylon's beautiful and thoughtful second book, "It's Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life," now available in our Etsy Shop 👉 http://elephantjournal.com/books

02/26/2026

A great read for processing (and somehow enjoying) all that's going on, these days:

A Spiritual–Political Thriller for Unsettled Times: “The Two Prophets reads like both a warning light flashing in the distance and an urgent knock at the door.”
We got to interview the author, see link below & to get your copy, too 🫶🏽

08/13/2025

"Today was one of those quietly awful days. The kind that doesn’t deserve to make headlines but can still sit heavy on a person. There’s no doubt in my mind that this will pass and tomorrow will be better...but today, for a moment, life sucked for me."

Read more 👉 https://elejrnl.com?p=4190169

06/16/2025

"If I am to understand…that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin..."

With Ariel mermaiding about again, and Rings of Power by Amazon (ugh, it's like Mordor doing a doc on the Shire) out, folks are talking about diversity, and representation, and lack thereof. So, lest...

06/11/2025

"Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools..."
has been coming up a lot lately:

For the inevitable up and downs in your life: this is character, a reminder of what matters: If, by Rudyard Kipling. This poem hung on the wall of Marpa House when I was younger. It's since disappea...

05/31/2025

  This is what you shall do: dismiss whatever insults your own soul. ~ Walt Whitman ~ The full quote is worth posting on your wall, setting to memory, reading to children and reminding the young...

03/04/2025

"For years, I secretly hated this quote."

Have you heard that famous quote by Thich Nhat Hanh about mindfully washing dishes? For years, I secretly hated that quote.

03/04/2025

Meditation and mindfulness not only *can* help us continue to show up, care, and be at peace with ourselves and these times—they *do* help.

Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news. ~ Chögyam Trungpa Waylon Lewis leads Shamata meditation instruction at Camp elephant (our HQ) during Boulder Startup Week. Meditation is a practice y...

02/26/2025

Buddhism 101: Books we Recommend.

Most people don't really want to become Buddhist, or any religion particularly, but everyone wants to be happy. ~ Waylon Lewis Buddhism 101: Books we Recommend. If you want to check out Buddhism or l...

02/18/2025

"Jim Carrey explains Depression in the Best Way I’ve ever Heard."

When I think of a great Buddhist teacher, Jim Carrey isn't the first to come to mind...but damn:

02/11/2025

"⁠I would like to care more about you than about my feelings for you.⁠

I would like to go to sleep each night by thanking you for being with me,

And wake each morning pleasantly surprised to find you are in my life,

I would like to feel admiration for the littlest things you do, and how

Forever is not important to me—but this is." ~ Waylon H. Lewis, Things I would like to do with You.

Valentine's discount is here:

The official Elephant Journal shop, offering Waylon Lewis' book "Things I Would Like To Do With You" and a variety of eco and artisan goods and apparel.