Just before the Dalai Lama‘s book, Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World’s Religions Can Come Together came out, HDNet interviewed him. The Dalai Lama spoke on why should we meditate. He said, “When we feel certain sort of irritation, during that moment, if that person concentrate fully on the breathing, nothing else… When […]
Archives for March 2013
The Mistress Of Self-Compassion
March 11, 2013 by
Dr. Kristen Neff is the master of self-compassion. She even wrote the book about it: Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind. I first heard about Kristin Neff on the Sounds True production of The Compassionate Brain hosted by Dr. Rick Hanson. She has been called the mistress of self-compassion! When talking about self-compassion on […]
Samsara And The Realms Of Existence
March 10, 2013 by
This video came to me courtesy of my friend, Bhikkhu Samahita. He lives as a monk in Sri Lanka and sends me emails everyday. This one is about samsara and the realms of existence. Samsara refers to the Buddhist concept of our ordinary life as humans in a world of various activities that keep our […]
Fast Tapping
March 9, 2013 by
I listened to part of an interview yesterday with Diana Kottle. She is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and a certified FasterEFT advanced practitioner, level 4 (whatever that means!). FasterEFT is a form of faster EFT. EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique. This technique is based on the tapping methods we have reported […]
What Happened In Myanmar?
March 8, 2013 by
Last night, we watched an extremely moving movie called, “The Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain.” The movie tells the story of what happened in Myanmar. The movie was filmed by Cornell University physics professor and filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman. It was shot over a period of two years while he was in Myanmar (Burma) to […]
Fear and Fearlessness
March 7, 2013 by
In yesterday’s post, Pema Chodron spoke about fear and fearlessness. Today’s Tricycle Daily Dharma had the following from Pema Chodron: Warm Heart, Clear Mind It’s as if everyone who has ever been born has the same birthright, which is enormous potential of warm heart and clear mind. The ground of renunciation is realizing that we […]
Getting Unstuck With Pema Chodron
March 6, 2013 by
This video is about getting unstuck with Pema Chodron. The talk was sponsored by Sounds True and was titled, “Fear and Fearlessness.” Pema is an American born nun in the Shambhala Tibetan Buddhist tradition of Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche. She is the abbess of Gampo Abbey on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Her life experience as a […]
Meditation Reduces Anxiety And Loneliness
March 4, 2013 by
In an article by Judy Royal on the StarNews Online, the author tells how meditation reduces anxiety and loneliness. Her article, titled, “Meditation helps you to set aside anxiety, battle loneliness,” is based on research on people between the ages of 55 and 85 at UCLA. Proponents of meditation say the practice of setting aside quiet, […]
Who Are You?
March 4, 2013 by
“Who are you?” asked the Caterpillar of Alice in a puff of smoke in the famous book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Do you remember what Alice said? She said, “I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, […]
Do You Have Too Many Cows?
March 2, 2013 by
Do You Have Too Many Cows? I know that I do! Last night, I was having dinner with my daughter, Jessica, 28 years old and a world traveler! Somehow, she picked up some wisdom beyond her years. She said I was spending too much time on the computer! This is not news! When I was […]
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