How to No Longer Take Things Personally – Purpose Fairy

How to No Longer Take Things Personally – Purpose Fairy.

Labeling Thoughts

One of the major techniques of meditation is labeling thoughts as they come into mind. For example,

Meditation Practice is Enlightenment

Sudden and Gradual Enlightenment | January 26, 2015   Our practice of zazen [meditation] is itself enlightenment. In that sense, this is very sudden. When we sit, enlightenment is there. But we still need to continue this practice endlessly, so that within the process of practice, we become a deeply matured person, and that is […]

The Theory of Relativity According to the Dalai Lama

These words of wisdom express the theory of relativity according to the Dalai Lama. He is actually talking about what people get wrong about the present moment, but it cannot exist without the past and the future. He says, “This moment.. relatively speaking, we can call it present. But if we look at the watch, […]

Proof That It’s Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams – Purpose Fairy

Proof That It’s Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams – Purpose Fairy.

Reconnect With Your Higher Self: Guided Meditation – Purpose Fairy

Reconnect With Your Higher Self: Guided Meditation – Purpose Fairy.

How to Develop the Neuroplasticity of Your Brain

This prescription for how to develop the neuroplasticity of your brain is from Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation for a patient named Jonathan. The advice given by Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, M. D., a professor of psychiatry at the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine and the Executive Director of the […]

A Living Principle | January 23, 2015

A Living Principle | January 23, 2015 There is no way that the dharma can survive as a living principle unless it can be offered and received as a gift, in an atmosphere where mutual compassion and concern are the medium of exchange, and purity of heart is the bottom line. – Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “The […]

More on the Willpower Instinct

These words of wisdom from Dr. Kelly McGonigal, Ph. D. tell us more on the willpower instinct. The first article on The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal appeared on Best Meditation Videos on November 29, 2012, in which she talks about her book, The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You […]

5 Ways to Keep Your Sanity During Mercury Retrograde – Purpose Fairy

5 Ways to Keep Your Sanity During Mercury Retrograde – Purpose Fairy.