Eating Mindfully With The Sangha Of All Sentient Beings

[Editor’s note: This article by Lyn Fine is a summary of a Day of Mindfulness that took place on Sunday, December 7, 2014 sponsored by Mindful Peacebuilding. The facilitators were Dr. Jina Shah, M. D., John Salerno-White, Judy Seicho Fleischman. Jina Shah, an international public health physician, was raised as a vegetarian with the nonviolent […]

The Spiritual Awakening of Jean Houston

In this video, we learn about the spiritual awakening of Jean Houston as she speaks with Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul Sunday. We learn that Jean Houston describes herself as an “evocateur of the possible” and a “midwife of souls.” Her first spiritual awakening began at age 6. Jean locked herself in a closet when […]

Sister Chan Khong Spoke for Thich Nhat Hanh

Pope Francis invited Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) to speak about the signing of the declaration against slavery. Since Thay is still sick in the hospital, Sister Chan Khong spoke for Thich Nhat Hanh from a prepared speech. The speech is available in its entirety on the Plum Village website. Pope Francis invited spiritual […]

Where There is Life There is Hope

I just came back from viewing The Theory of Everything. It is a movie about life of Stephen Hawking with his wife, Jane Wilde. It is based on the book, Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, and stars Eddie Redmayne (“Les Misérables”) and Felicity Jones (“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”). The theme of the movie […]

Acceptance and Surrender with Eckhart Tolle

A few years back, I could not get enough of Eckhart Tolle. I went to my local library and rented every audio recording they had of Eckhardt Tolle. One of the most influential books of his is The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. This video is on acceptance and surrender with Eckhart […]

We Are in Deep Trouble

I just finished watching Origins, a movie about our roots, our planet, and our future. It made me cry as I thought about how we are in deep trouble. We are in deep trouble with our food system. This puts us in deep trouble with our health and our medical systems. This means that big […]

Stop the Bombing

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay by his followers, spoke at the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972. He urged the Americans to stop the bombing in Vietnam. He was speaking about the people in Vietnam that he knew were dying. He did not put the […]

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

When I had my Ayurveda consult with Dr. Sarita Shrestha, I was told to learn the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra and chant it frequently. The sheet of paper that I got with it had the above graphic as well as the following text: The meaning of the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra The Sanskrit word maha means ‘great’, mrityu means […]

The Liberating Quality of Love

In this video, Dr. Maya Angelou speaks on the liberating quality of love. I believe this was on Oprah Winfrey‘s Master Class, but I’m not sure. If you find out, please let me know. She spoke about the time when her mother was dying. She says that “Love liberates:” I am grateful to have been […]

Psychic Clearing Guided Meditation

This video is a psychic clearing guided meditation by Sarah Hall. Sarah writes, This meditation is a powerful energy clearing to remove any form of psychic attack or toxic energetic debris from your life and shield you from all negativity. This meditation is the perfect tool for you if: • You feel drained, upset, or […]