Give Back

The seventh of the 7 Principles of Mindfulness in Healing from the book, Healing with the 7 Principles of Mindfulness is to give back to your community when you are ready. Here is why. When you are battling cancer or other illnesses, the last thing on your mind is to give back to your community […]

Good Impatience, Bad Impatience

Good Impatience, Bad Impatience Impatience can be very good by helping us not put up with tyranny, but it can distort our view of what is possible and how to bring about change. We have to cultivate patience so that our perception isn’t distorted. – Paul Ekman, “The Best and Worst of Us”

“HOW DO I DO IT?” VS. “CAN I DO IT?”

“HOW DO I DO IT?” VS. “CAN I DO IT?” “In contrast, a process orientation . . . asks ‘How do I do it?’ instead of ‘Can I do it?’ and this directs attention toward defining the steps that are necessary on the way. This orientation can be characterized in terms of the guiding principle […]

Join Support Groups

The sixth of the 7 Principles of Mindfulness in Healing from the book, Healing with the 7 Principles of Mindfulness is to reach out to others. An important component of reaching out to others is to join support groups. Here is why. Support groups are wonderful for your healing experience because you are able to […]

Radical Remission: When Terminal Cancer Vanishes, Pt 1 | The Dr. Oz Show

Dr. Oz sits down to talk to Dr. Kelly Turner about the science behind unexplained remissions from terminal cancer. What unites these cases? What can we learn from them? Dr. Turner shares her findings. Source: Radical Remission: When Terminal Cancer Vanishes, Pt 1 | The Dr. Oz Show

Listen to your being OSHO

yada Listen to your being. It is continuously giving you hints; it is a still, small voice. It does not shout at you, that is true. And if you are a little silent you will start feeling your way. Be the person you are. Never try to be another, and you will become mature. Maturity […]

Low-income Buddhism

Low-income Buddhism Those of us in the lower class have no real disposable income, no truly ‘free’ time, and we have to keep up a break-neck speed just to break even. We get up early to sit before heading to a job that we can tolerate only because we sit. We meditate before bed to […]

LITTLE THINGS + BIG THINGS

LITTLE THINGS + BIG THINGS “My research has consistently demonstrated that recovery from the minor challenges we administer in an experiment, such as being burned by the thermode or seeing an upsetting picture, is strongly correlated with and predictive of how someone copes with real-life adversity, particularly how quickly they recover. Resilience on the little […]

Reach Out to Others

The sixth of the 7 Principles of Mindfulness in Healing from the book, Healing with the 7 Principles of Mindfulness is to reach out to others. Here is why. You cannot get through a cancer diagnosis without the help of family and friends. Other people are needed to support your healing and well being. Just […]

The Love Available to Us

yada The Love Available to Us There is far more love available to us in any given moment than we might be aware. And there is much, much more love in our hearts than we as adults have been conditioned to believe is appropriate to express. – Kate Johnson, “Making the First Move” yada