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Cosmology and Buddhist Thought

Cosmology and Buddhist Thought A Conversation with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Authored by Jerome Freedman, Ph. D. Cosmology and Buddhist Thought is the result of a conversation with astrophysicist and television celebrity, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, that took place in New York at the end of May, 2011. While cosmologists look at the outer space […]

Stop Cancer in its Tracks

Stop Cancer in its Tracks Your Path to Mindfulness in Healing Yourself Authored by Dr. Jerome Freedman – Edition: 2 Dr. Jerome Freedman is a cancer survivor for since 1997. He brings to these pages a wealth of information on the 7 principles of mindfulness in healing. This book is for people who want to […]

Seven Secrets to Stop Interruptions in Meditation

Seven Secrets to Stop Interruptions in Meditation How to Concentrate and Focus on Your Meditation and Deal with Distractions Authored by Jerome Freedman Ph. D Most people who hear about meditation either do not take up a meditation practice or abandon the meditation practice because they get interrupted and distracted. They get interrupted by thoughts, […]

A Confession

I have a confession to make to you, my readers. In 1971, we learned about the Arica forty day training created by Oscar Ichazo in Arica, Chile. Of course, it was out of the question for us to go there with a 2-year-old and no money, but we learned all we could about the Enneagram, […]

The Enneagram – From Personality To Awakening

The Enneagram The enneagram is a nine pointed diagram introduced in Europe in the 1920’s by George Gurdjieff . Recently, many teachers have taught the enneagram as a tool to transform personality traits into higher qualities for spiritual development and awakening. They map each point on the diagram at the left into a different personality type and also […]

What Personality Type Do You Have?

We are excited to announce our recently launched, completely redesigned Enneagram Instrument website with a new look and feel and easy navigation. The Enneagram The enneagram is a diagram which describes nine distinct personality types and their emotional, spiritual, and mental preoccupations and positive aspects. In addition to the enneagram of personality types, there are […]

The False Personality

We are excited to announce our recently launched, completely redesigned Enneagram Instrument website with a new look and feel and easy navigation. This article is about The False Personality.   The False Personality Our goal is to understand our essential nature – those higher aspects of personality that make for a better human being and […]

Real Presence

The Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das for this week are from Father Richard Rohr. I first encountered Father Rohr when I was in my enneagram certification program with Helen Palmer between 1989 and 1991. His book, Enneagram, was a major contribution to enneagram studies at the time. The relevance of this quote […]

Mountain Sangha

Mountain Sangha is a community of people who enjoy meditation practices or want to learn how to meditate. We deliver meditation practices that anyone can learn in just 9 minutes a day. Through articles, videos, audio recordings, quotes, teachers, and other possibly controversial materials, we want to inspire you to undertake meditation practices on your […]

About Meditation Practices

Meditation Practices Brought To You By Dr. Jerome Freedman I began meditating many years ago while in graduate school at the University of Chicago. I studied with some well-known and less well-known teachers over the years. My first root teachers were Swami Rama of the Himalayas and his chief disciple, Dr. Arya, now Swami Veda Bharati. […]