Cleaning up our mental house “Your mind can be likened to a house that has been cluttered over the years with thousands of unnecessary pieces of furniture, pictures, ornaments, and other things, all strewn around and piled everywhere. The result is that, although the outside of the house may present a good appearance, the inside […]
Everything is Interconnected
October 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
yada No Retreat On the night of the Buddha’s enlightenment, he is said to have understood that everything is completely interconnected and interdependent. Therefore it is impossible for anybody to go on retreat from the world. Everybody knows that when you go on retreat, the whole world, no matter how tiny your retreat cabin, is […]
Self-Compassion is Embracing Imperfection
October 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
I attended a day-long retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center last Saturday with my daughter. The subject of the retreat was Self-Compassion and Emotional Resilience. In the end, I realized that having self-compassion is embracing imperfection in myself and in others. Embrace Imperfection My practice is teaching me to embrace imperfection: to have compassion for […]
Who You Are Is Enough, No Matter What Anyone Else Says – Purpose Fairy
October 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Who You Are Is Enough, No Matter What Anyone Else Says. Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us have this toxic belief about us not being enough – good enough, worthy enough, smart enough, rich enough, beautiful enough, lovable enough, popular enough, etc.. And because of that, we spend our entire […]
Relax and Unwind: 70 Free Guided Meditations for You to Enjoy – Purpose Fairy
October 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Relax and Unwind: 70 Free Guided Meditations. There are 70 meditations to listen to, so you’ll have plenty to choose from. Source: Relax and Unwind: 70 Free Guided Meditations for You to Enjoy – Purpose Fairy
Healing verses Cure
October 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dear Jerome, You might hear banter about how you can heal yourself. But what if you’re still sick? Does that mean you’re not doing a good job of self-healing? Let me teach you something critical. There’s a difference between healing and curing. To heal means to restore wholeness. To cure means to eliminate disease. Here’s […]
Quieting the Mind
October 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
QUIETING THE MIND BY DEGREES “In short, “getting it together” requires slowing the mind. Quieting the mind means less thinking, calculating, judging, worrying, fearing, hoping, trying, regretting, controlling, jittering or distracting. The mind is still when it is totally here and now in perfect oneness with the action and the actor. It is the purpose […]
Challenges are Clues
October 2, 2015 by
Challenges are clues that there is some suffering in our lives that we are not addressing properly. It may relate to our health, or wealth, or our general well-being. The way around them is to look deeply into our hearts and recognize the challenges for what they are. This way, we can apply our mindfulness […]
Take the Cancer Quiz
October 1, 2015 by
Take the Cancer Quiz to Find Out How Not to Get this Dreaded Disease As you probably know, I am a cancer survivor for almost nineteen years. My son is a cancer survivor for 39 years. You may also know that we used the Seven Principles of Mindfulness in Healing to thrive and succeed in […]
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