These resources are for the 2022 BCAN summit meeting attendees to provide information that was offered in a concise and convenient place for future reference. Most of the major ideas from the presentation on Mindfulness In Healing are right in this article with links and referrals to other documents and teachings. These are provided as […]
How to Prepare for the Future
In these wonderful words of wisdom from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, we learn how to prepare for the future. When I first began writing these pages in 2012, several of the mentors I had would say, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!” This was a really hard one from me as […]
Universal Mind Guided Meditation
This video is from Kelly Howell on the Universal Mind Guided Meditation. We have presented several other guided meditations from Kelly Howell. See, for example: Kelly Howell Leads Deep Relaxation Guided Meditation For Healing Meditation Develops Certainty And Conviction Remember to first, find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed for the next 35 […]
Tapping Into Your Subconscious Mind
Tapping into your subconscious mind can be one of the most creative opportunities for you to get clarity about your goals and help you to overcome obstacles. Notice, I did not say, “…help you to solve problems.” Problems have a push-pull duality imposed on them by their very nature. Obstacles give you the opportunity to […]
Imagination Shapes Reality
My first Zen teacher was Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1972 when I did a 7 day sesshin (an intense period of meditation) at the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC). In the 80’s, when I regularly attended Monday night sitting practice, my teacher was Myogen Steve Stucky. At the SFZC in Green Gulch Farm in Sausalito […]
3 Most Important Questions
In this video, Vishen Lakhiani, founder of Mindvalley tells us about a meditation practice that will help us answer the 3 most important questions. Vishen talks about “ends goals” and “ends goals.” He says we get so obsessed with the means goals that we forget about the ends goals. We lose site of the passion, […]
Five Steps To Positive Self-Talk
Many years ago, I took the Silva Mind Control course over a late winter weekend in Chicago. The course was transformative and much of the information has become part of my daily meditation practice. Two years later, I was learning the same material from Father Eli in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. My experience there […]
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