How to Simplify Our Lives

In a world where we are taught to make things more and more complicated each day Jon Jandai, founded Pun Pun Center for Self-Reliance, with his wife, Peggy Reents in 2003. He no longer compares his life to others and withdraws from competition. The Pun Pun Center is an organic farm outside Chiang Mai, Thailand. Jon […]

Guided Meditation to Create Your Inner Sanctuary

This guided meditation to create your inner sanctuary is provided by The Honest Guys, Sian Lloyd-Pennell, Rick Clarke, and their producer, Kevin. My first experience with creating my inner sanctuary was when I took the Silva Mind Control course in Chicago in 1971. I believe it was called creating your inner sanctuary. I think it […]

Let Go of Scarcity and Fear by Cultivating Joy and Gratitude

In this video, we learn to let go of scarcity and fear by cultivating joy and gratitude. It is another segment from Super Soul Sunday in which Oprah Winfrey interviews Dr. Brené Brown. Dr. Brown says, “When we lose our tolerance to be vulnerable, joy becomes foreboding, and so what we do in moments of […]

The Brain in Love

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 […]

What We Should Teach Our Children

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 […]

How to Free Ourselves of Negative Thoughts

This video from Super Soul Sunday with Oprah Winfrey featuring Michael Singer teaches us how to free ourselves of negative thoughts. Michael says, “To attain true inner freedom, you must be able to objectively watch your problems instead of being lost in them… Once you’ve made the commitment to free yourself of the scared person […]

Nourish Your Mind Body and Spirit with This Guided Meditation

This video will help you you nourish your mind body and spirit with this guided meditation. It is forty-five minutes long and should be done lying down. The meditation is guided by Kalawna Biggs. The visualization help you to relax all systems of your body for deep healing. The guided meditation utilizes imagery and excellent […]

How To Connect Our Inner and Outer Worlds

This video is the trailer for a series of four videos which teach us how to connect our inner and outer worlds. I was amazed by the powerful graphics in this video as much as the content. This series is about the insight of interbeing – the interconnectedness of all things. It is about the […]

Ceremony and Ritual Creates Mindfulness

In this video from Super Soul Sunday, Oprah Winfrey interviews Mariel Hemingway and her soul mate, Bobby Williams. They are discussing their new book, Running with Nature: Stepping Into the Life You Were Meant to Live. Mariel, says, “I think ceremony and ritual creates mindfulness.” I’m all in favor of anything that creates mindfulness! She […]

No Birth No Death

My teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches about no birth no death, no coming no going, no after no before. In his book, No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life, he writes, Our greatest fear is that when we die we will become nothing. Many of us believe that our entire existence is […]