The First Precept: Welcome Everything. Push Away Nothing. In welcoming everything, we don’t have to like what’s arising. It’s actually not our job to approve or disapprove. It’s our task to trust, to listen, and to pay careful attention to the changing experience. At the deepest level, we are being asked to cultivate a kind […]
We Make the Path by Walking It
August 13, 2014 by
Lyn Fine is a dharma teacher in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Over the past dozen years or more, I have often heard her say, “We make the path by walking it!” I often think of this when I’m planning my next move in healing myself of muscle invasive bladder cancer. I […]
26 Lessons from Gandhi
August 12, 2014 by
Here is another article from the lovely Luminita Saviuc, a former Mindvalley person. In this her article, she listed 26 lessons from Gandhi and commented on each one. I am just going to quote the lessons and you can view her comments on the 26 life changing lessons from Mahatma Gandhi. 1. An ounce of […]
Beginner’s Mind
August 11, 2014 by
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was the founding teacher of the San Francisco Zen Center. His simple teachings have inspired many new dharma teachers such as Myogen Steve Stucky, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Wendy Johnson, and many others. My first experience at the San Francisco Zen Center was in 1972. I did a seven day sesshin there with […]
The Answer That is Blowing in the Wind
August 10, 2014 by
Pema Chodron, in these words of wisdom from Tricycle gives us the answer that is blowing in the wind about our ability to take a step into the unknown. This is called renunciation. Renunciation, in Buddhism, is a step in the direction of becoming a monastic. When a person decides to become a monastic, they […]
How to Free Ourselves of Negative Thoughts
August 9, 2014 by
This video from Super Soul Sunday with Oprah Winfrey featuring Michael Singer teaches us how to free ourselves of negative thoughts. Michael says, “To attain true inner freedom, you must be able to objectively watch your problems instead of being lost in them… Once you’ve made the commitment to free yourself of the scared person […]
Nourish Your Mind Body and Spirit with This Guided Meditation
August 8, 2014 by
This video will help you you nourish your mind body and spirit with this guided meditation. It is forty-five minutes long and should be done lying down. The meditation is guided by Kalawna Biggs. The visualization help you to relax all systems of your body for deep healing. The guided meditation utilizes imagery and excellent […]
How To Connect Our Inner and Outer Worlds
August 7, 2014 by
This video is the trailer for a series of four videos which teach us how to connect our inner and outer worlds. I was amazed by the powerful graphics in this video as much as the content. This series is about the insight of interbeing – the interconnectedness of all things. It is about the […]
May I Have the Courage
August 6, 2014 by
These words of wisdom come from my dear friend Gabrielle Roth. She passed away on October 22, 2012 and she is sorely missed by many of my friends and me. You can read about her passing here: In Memory Of My Beloved Teacher, Gabrielle Roth. Her son, Jonathan Horan, has taken over the Five Rhythms […]
No Trust in Reality – upaya – ostaseski
August 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Any idea about how things are going will only work as a boundary… The way things are and the way our buddha-nature works cannot be bounded that way. The moment you have an idea about how things should be, you’re creating walls, and you’re sitting inside them. And there’s no trust: not in yourself, no […]
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