Meditation Practices for Healing and Well-Being
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Jeff Bridges was featured yesterday on my Facebook page here. It was in a quote from Tricycle Daily Dharma in which he said, “You can spend a lot of energy being upset, or you can get with the program—it’s that right effort thing—get the beauty of the way it is.” He has recently written a [...]
For several months now, I have been encouraging you to learn how to embrace your anger. What does it mean to “embrace your anger?” When anger arises, you almost always have the urge to launch out at what you conceive to be the cause of your anger. This only creates more suffering. A better plan [...]
The words of wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das for this week are from the Dalai Lama. Today the Dalai Lama said something funny during his talk in Madison, Wisconsin. “I am not recommending that people in America repeat over and over the compassion mantra Om mani, om mani padme hung, om, mani, mani mani. [...]
Our students at Mindfulness in Healing, are often assigned a task to write down something that they are grateful for each day. In this way, they learn that gratitude is a meditation practice. Gratitude, along with generosity, patience, and other qualities are natural developments from regular meditation practices. Gratitude is a feeling of thanksgiving for [...]
In this article, I am going to review Dr. Philippe Goldin’s Google Talk from March 1, 2008. I have already posted the video as Meditation Practices: How Do They Affect The Brain? My purpose in this article is to extract one of the slides from the video and expand on it from the point of view [...]
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (affectionately known as Thay to his followers) talks about the four noble truths of the Buddha in a way that is easy to understand. He uses the concepts of ill-being and well-being. What is the difference between ill-being and well-being? He teaches that the first noble truth is the fact of [...]
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The Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das for this week are from Father Richard Rohr. I first encountered Father Rohr when I was in my enneagram certification program with Helen Palmer between 1989 and 1991. His book, Enneagram, was a major contribution to enneagram studies at the time. The relevance of this quote [...]
Tara Brach is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and author of Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha and True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart. She was one of the featured presenters in the Sounds True production of The Compassionate Brain, hosted by Dr. Rick [...]
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Jeff Bridges was featured yesterday on my Facebook page here. It was in a quote from Tricycle Daily Dharma in which he said, "You can spend a lot of … [Read More...]
A poem by Nolan Brian Ellis: Revelations in the House of God Why waste a life in wanderlust? The flow will dry and turn to dust, To … [Read More...]
For several months now, I have been encouraging you to learn how to embrace your anger. What does it mean to "embrace your anger?" When anger … [Read More...]
Occasions of hatred are certainly never settled by hatred. They are settled by freedom from hatred. This is the eternal law. -- Dhammapada … [Read More...]
The words of wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das for this week are from the Dalai Lama. Today the Dalai Lama said something funny during his … [Read More...]
Our students at Mindfulness in Healing, are often assigned a task to write down something that they are grateful for each day. In this way, they learn … [Read More...]
In this article, I am going to review Dr. Philippe Goldin's Google Talk from March 1, 2008. I have already posted the video as Meditation … [Read More...]
