Moral Health

________________________________________ Moral Health | June 11, 2014 ________________________________________ That morality is a natural feature of the natural world is an insight we all have to learn if we hope to be deeply well. The more the sense of an autonomous self is injected into any situation, the more it acts as a lightning rod for […]

The False Personality

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Love and Compassion

________________________________________ Love and Compassion | June 9, 2014 ________________________________________ The two feelings of love and compassion are intimately linked. Without love, compassion cannot arise, and compassion always involves having love. Without love one would not have compassion for others’ pain; instead you would probably have pity, if not total indifference. It is because of love […]

Online – Lessons – 7 Daily Intentions – OmHarmonics – Omharmonics.com

Online – Lessons – 7 Daily Intentions – OmHarmonics – Omharmonics.com.

The Highest Aspiration

The Highest Aspiration | June 8, 2014It’s one thing to practice to get some relief from anxiety, to calm the mind—all of which is certainly legitimate—but it’s practicing Zen on a very superficial level. From the Zen Buddhist point of view this is a very low aspiration. The highest aspiration is the desire for awakening. […]

Walk on Earth

Today’s words of wisdom come from my Teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay by his followers. I have heard him say that the miracle is to walk on Earth, in many of the dharma talks, and in many of the books and magazine articles I’ve read by him. Thay quotes Linji (Lin […]

2 The Power of Creative Visualization

The Power of Creative Visualization.

Fasting for three days can regenerate entire immune system, study finds – Telegraph

Fasting for three days can regenerate entire immune system, study finds – Telegraph.

Breathing

________________________________________ Understanding the Breath | June 7, 2014 ________________________________________ Breath takes care of itself. Arising and passing away quite impersonally, with no one breathing. This understanding comes through our attention. —Sylvia Boorstein, “Body as Body”

Nothing But the Present

When you go into a courtroom, the judge will ask you if your are telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. When you sit down to meditate, your internal judge will ask you if you are in the present and nothing but the present moment. In truth, the internal judge will […]