This video from Positive Magazine teaches you how to relieve your sense of urgency as well as eliminate anxiety and worry. Leo Buscaglia says, “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” My friend, Dr. Marty Rossman in The Worry Solution says, Worry is the most common form of […]
The Beautiful Now
July 12, 2014 by
Upaya priest Ray Olson created an adaptation from an old gosepl hymn: Shall we gather in the now? The beautiful, the beautiful the now… Yes, we’ll gather in the now, basking in the beauty of the now… Ray Olson This adaptation is similar to a song that we sing in sangha — the Mindfulness in […]
Intuition, Clairvoyance and Telepathy
July 11, 2014 by
I received this email from the Silva Method about intuition, clairvoyance and telepathy. These taboo topics are covered by this Google Talk. They’ve been denying it for decades, but it looks like the cat’s out of the bag – and about time too! We’re talking about the incredible power of intuition that lies within each […]
The Gift of Non-Fear
July 10, 2014 by
The day before yesterday, in Do You Believe in Miracles? we learned that Marianne Williamson says “a miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love.” Also, we learned that Dr. Jerry Jampolsky says that love is letting go of fear. Today, we are going to learn the gift of non-fear from Zen Master […]
The Nature of Mind
July 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke on The Nature of Mind on February 22, 2014 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. I attended this wonder talk with my wife and two close friends. It was extremely difficult to hear him in the nose bleed seats, one or two rows from the very top of […]
The Dalai Lama’s Continuation Day
July 7, 2014 by
These words of wisdom come on the Dalai Lama‘s Continuation Day. We wish him a very happy birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama from Meditation Practices and all the other sentient beings around the world. As he says, There are only two days in the year in which nothing can be done, one is […]
Ethics from the Heart
July 3, 2014 by
These words of wisdom from Lin Jensen talk about the precepts of Buddhism. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay by his followers, likes to call these Mindfulness Trainings. In either case, they teach us to practice ethics from the heart. The Zen attitude about the precepts corresponds quite nicely with Thay’s teachings. In […]
Mindfulness of the Body
July 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The body is our vehicle of awakening. Through the body we receive the wisdom, love, and compassion that animates us. All we are, all we know, all we feel, all we experience is via the body. Listening with our whole being is wise indeed. – Cheri Huber
Spiritual Practice is Useless
July 1, 2014 by
Norman Fischer was the first Zen priest that I had dokusan with. Dokusan is a private interview with a Zen priest or Zen master. This was around 1985 or 1986. I remember the room and my sitting position, but I have forgotten the conversation. All I know is that I have admired him since even […]
Letting Go
June 27, 2014 by
These words of wisdom from Lao Tzu talk about letting go. “By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.” ~ Lao Tzu This video is the Let Go: Guided Meditation by Lori Granger, […]
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