5 Rules of Mind-Body Healing

The 5 Rules of Mind-Body Healing: How To Regain & Maintain Perfect Health is title an article I just read on Soulvana blog. The article begins with this statement: Science has suggested that it’s possible to accelerate physical, emotional and spiritual healing with the sheer power of your mind. In this lesson, learn the 5 […]

A Quiet Life Stimulates the Creative Mind

This year is the 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity by Albert Einstein. He was known to be a solitary person who spent most of his time alone. He is know to have said, “The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.” In my opinion, a quiet life does […]

Mindfulness in Daily Life

These words of wisdom for Zen Master Eihei Dogen teach us about mindfulness in daily life. This is actually quite a universal teaching these days by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Phillip Moffitt, and many others. The idea is to take your mindfulness into your life in order to enrich your everyday experience. […]

Life is Love

Life is love. Not some of life, some moments of life, some times when things are going well. All of life is love, unconditional love. Spend each day in love. Give the one person whose worth you know intimately—you—the life that person deserves. – Cheri Huber

The New Age

“Sounds like a new age to me.” That was a response I received from a recent Facebook posting I made regarding Pope Francis’ historic U.S. visit. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could help connect the dots as we hear the Peoples’ Pope’s loving message today, so resonant with the timeless evergreen healing words of […]

Faith in Buddhism

The idea of faith in Buddhism was very confusing for me until I realized that it was faith in my own ability to awaken. This is the faith that we all have inherent Buddha nature (bodhicitta) – the compassion for ourselves and other beings to live in happiness and avoid suffering. The Buddha, himself, never […]

Killing You Softly

Roberta Flack tells us that “[He] is killing me softly with his song.” But I say, sugar is killing you softly with its sweetness. This is especially true for refined sugar. There are other foods that also my be killing you softly. These are mainly packaged foods that contain GMO (genetically modified organisms) ingredients like […]

Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness Book Launches Today

I am proud to announce that Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness book launches Today, September 24, 2015. This long awaited book launch will be accompanied by an evening of mindfulness (seminar) in Santa Monica at the The Rapp Saloon, 1436 Second Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Details […]

Always Interdependent with Nature

When I first read Naomi Klein‘s interview in Tricycle Magazine, I was stunned by the radical nature of her statement about global capitalism. On second thought, I recognized that she was actually talking about how we are always interdependent with nature. She was expressing the idea that we cannot get away from nature, no matter […]

The Upside of Fear

Fear is not what you think it is. Fear is not who you are underneath your facade. Fear is not the real you that you must somehow fix or improve or overcome. Fear is a very useful signal along the path to freedom. The stronger the fear, the closer you are to what you are […]