These words of wisdom teach us how to choose the life we want. The funny thing is we often don’t have the courage to do so. We normally just let life roll on just like “the lazy old son that has nothing to do but roll around heaven all day.” Some people define insanity as […]
Archives for August 2015
The Art of Mini-transitions
I just received an email from Jennifer Louden on the art of mini-transitions. I wrote the following to her: In 1971 I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Swami Rama of the Himalayas and his successor Dr. Arya, who became Swami Veda Bharati. The first discourse Dr. Arya taught was about celebrating […]
The Tao that Can be Told
On the first full day I was in Pune, India in 1975 with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho, he began a series dharma talks on Lao Tzu‘s Tao Te Ching. These talks resulted in a series of four volumes call Tao: The Three Treasures. The narrator, a long-time disciple of his, reads this […]
The Value of Diligence
One of the six paramitas, as Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches them is diligence. Other translations of the six paramitas call this one effort. The other paramitas are generosity, ethics, patience, concentration, and wisdom. The value of diligence is demonstrated when we commit to daily practice. We can also demonstrate the value of diligence […]
The Upside of Stress
Kelly McGonigal gave a talk on How to Turn Stress into an Advantage from her new book, The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It. The talk took place at the 2015 99U conference at Lincoln Center in New York City. In Kelly’s research, she learned […]
Is Anxiety Useful?
During the past few weeks, I have been anxious about how my dharma talk on the Seven Principles of Mindfulness in Healing was going to turn out at The Club at Harbor Point last Thursday night (August 20, 2015). Now I am wondering, “Is anxiety useful?” Was being anxious useful to me during the time […]
Melt Your Stress Away: Guided Meditation – Purpose Fairy
Melt Your Stress Away: Guided Meditation. Feeling stressed? Melt your stress away and release any tension you may be feeling with this relaxing guided meditation. Source: Melt Your Stress Away: Guided Meditation – Purpose Fairy
Conscientious Compassion
Conscientious Compassion When compassion and justice are unified, we arrive at what I call conscientious compassion. This is compassion, not merely as a beautiful inward feeling of empathy with those suffering, but a compassion that gives birth to a fierce determination to uplift others, to tackle the causes of their suffering, and to establish the […]
9 Important Things You Should Know about Yourself – Purpose Fairy
9 Important Things You Should Know about Yourself. The first thing you should know about yourself is that your true nature is soft and flexible, fluid and expensive. Who you are underneath it all is much grander and much more complex than all your conceptual structure of reality. Much more precious and a lot more […]
15 Ways to Connect with Your Authentic Self – Purpose Fairy
15 Ways to Connect with Your Authentic Self. Authenticity means being your true self and honoring yourself. It means finding the answers within, rather than searching for them outside of yourself. Source: 15 Ways to Connect with Your Authentic Self – Purpose Fairy
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