Tomorrow, I’m going to the Earth Holder Retreat at the Deer Park Monastery where the importance of sangha in Buddhist practice is realized. The Practicing Pamphlet which I received clearly states, We have come to practice together as a community. We do not encourage isolated practices or solo retreats. We are part of a body […]
Archives for April 2016
How to Persevere When You Feel like Giving Up – Purpose Fairy
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” ~ Christopher Reeve Source: How to Persevere When You Feel like Giving Up – Purpose Fairy
8 Steps to Turn Conflict into Spiritual Gold: A Practice | Lissa Rankin
Let’s say conflict arises when you’re with someone. It could be anyone—a friend, your spouse, your child, your boss, a stranger in line at the grocery store, your employee. Something happens, and you are triggered. The story of what triggers you doesn’t matter so much. Someone cut you off in tra Source: 8 Steps to […]
Real Meditation
These words of wisdom about real meditation come from one of the world’s most beloved spiritual teachers – Jiddu Krishnamurti. As a world teacher, he revolutionized the whole subject of real meditation for tens of thousands of people, including me. His words of wisdom have appeared many times in these pages. Real meditation is the […]
7 Essential Keys to True Happiness – Purpose Fairy
True happiness, it is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. Source: 7 Essential Keys to True Happiness – Purpose Fairy
A Confession
I have a confession to make to you, my readers. In 1971, we learned about the Arica forty day training created by Oscar Ichazo in Arica, Chile. Of course, it was out of the question for us to go there with a 2-year-old and no money, but we learned all we could about the Enneagram, […]
How Many Minutes of Daily Meditation to Combat Stress? | NutritionFacts.org
In the film The Holiday, Cameron Diaz exclaims “Severe stress … causes the DNA in our cells to shrink until they can no longer replicate.” Did Hollywood ge Source: How Many Minutes of Daily Meditation to Combat Stress? | NutritionFacts.org
Manifesting Dreams into Reality: Guided Meditation – jerome.tc.org@gmail.com – Gmail
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4 Important Lessons You Learn Through Difficult Times – Purpose Fairy
There are some important lessons in life that we are only taught through difficult times and they can become the silver lining to the darkness. Source: 4 Important Lessons You Learn Through Difficult Times – Purpose Fairy
Remove the Object Meditation
This “Remove the Object Meditation” comes from the Buckeye Sangha and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh from his book, Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child): Linji, the founder of Zen Buddhism in China, was fond of saying, “remove the object.” The object is the person or situation we’re thinking about, the story. So the practice is […]
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