This Ted Talk follows on the heals of my first encounter with romantic love. See The Bliss of Awakening – Adyashanti Warning, where I tell the story. Helen Fisher says, “Love is in us, it’s deeply embedded in the brain, our challenge is to understand each other.” She does fMRI research on the brain in […]
The Bliss of Awakening – Adyashanti Warning
August 17, 2014 by
Adyashanti issues a warning in these words of wisdom from Tricycle. He warns us that the bliss of awakening can be addicting and we should watch out for it. It is merely a by-product of awakening, and not true awakening itself. Adyashanti is an American born spiritual teacher with loads of credentials. He teaches non-duality […]
What We Should Teach Our Children
August 16, 2014 by
Alan Watts was and amazingly gifted philosopher, lecturer and writer. He is famous bringing the philosophies of Eastern religions to Western Audiences. He was especially fond of Shunyru Suzuki Roshi and Zen practice. In the 1960’s and 1970’s, he lived in a houseboat in Sausalito and in a cabin on Mount Tamalpais, both near my […]
15 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Don Miguel Ruiz – Purpose Fairy
August 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
15 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Don Miguel Ruiz – Purpose Fairy.
Why You Should Never Give up on Love – Purpose ferry
August 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Why You Should Never Give up on Love.
Welcome Everything – Frank Ostaseski
August 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
How to Slow down the Aging Process and Change Your Biological Age – Purpose Fairy
August 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
How to Slow down the Aging Process and Change Your Biological Age – Purpose Fairy.
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