One of the main principles of mindful eating is to choose your food wisely. Are you playing genetic roulette by letting GMO foods into your diet? GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organisms. Did you know that one of the major causes of obesity today is from eating GMO foods? 70% of processed foods in the grocery […]
Voluntary Control Over Involuntary States
June 18, 2013 by
Swami Rama of the Himalayas came to the United States in 1969. I met him in the suburbs of Chicago in 1970. He was my first “root” teacher and his teachings have been with me since then. He was a genuine yogi with extraordinary yogic powers. Swami Rama was invited to the Menninger Foundation in 1970 […]
Freedom From Knowing
June 14, 2013 by
I interviewed Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on May 26, 2011. Earlier that month, I had completed my job as an expert witness and software development engineer for the Technical Committee of the Department of Justice monitoring Microsoft’s compliance with the settlement agreement. The contract began in 2004 and was to be only six weeks! It […]
Who Is Mooji?
June 12, 2013 by
In this video, Dennis doesn’t exist! Is he crazy or what? Everyone broke out laughing and you will too. The video features satsang with Mooji. He teaches the direct experience of being. This is my first post about Mooji. Who is Mooji? Here is some information about him. Anthony Paul Moo-Young, known as Mooji, […]
Realization Process
June 5, 2013 by
Monday night, I experienced the realization process with Dr. Sara Gordon. She is fully Certified Realization Process Practitioner. Sara teaches the Realization Process Monday evenings, 7-9 in San Rafael, CA. There were two other participants besides Sara and myself. The class was fully enjoyable and I found myself willing and able to follow all of Sara’s […]
Moment To Moment Non-Judgmental Awareness
June 2, 2013 by
In this video, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn explains why the cultivation of moment to moment non-judgmental awareness can be a powerful antidote to worry, fear or depression. This is his definition of mindfulness. It is cultivated by paying attention as if you life depended upon it. He says that “We have to remember that we are only alive […]
Another Take On The Bodhisattva
May 31, 2013 by
Roshi Bernie Glassman delivered another take on the bodhisattva at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat from May 6-12, 2011. He delivered a dharma talk on “Becoming a Mensch.” What is a mensch? My dad used to point out that this person was a mensch. What did he mean? It was a person with the qualities of loving kindness, […]
Bernie Glassman Talked At Google
May 25, 2013 by
Zen Master Bernie Glassman talked at Google very recently. This lovely new video about his teaching of Zen and his work with the homeless. He outlined something that is called, “mandala practice,” which is a holistic approach to social action. It involves five different types of energy: spiritual energy, training energy, social action energy, livelihood energy, and […]
The Dude And The Zen Master
May 24, 2013 by
Jeff Bridges was featured yesterday on my Facebook page here. It was in a quote from Tricycle Daily Dharma in which he said, “You can spend a lot of energy being upset, or you can get with the program—it’s that right effort thing—get the beauty of the way it is.” He has recently written a […]
Gratitude Is A Meditation Practice
May 18, 2013 by
Our students at Mindfulness in Healing, are often assigned a task to write down something that they are grateful for each day. In this way, they learn that gratitude is a meditation practice. Gratitude, along with generosity, patience, and other qualities are natural developments from regular meditation practices. Gratitude is a feeling of thanksgiving for […]
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