“Health is not mere absence of disease. It is the dynamic expression of life”
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The first step to Truth Speaking is opening our hearts. Sometimes we resist this because we think it means that anything and anyone can come in and do us harm. There’s a difference between an open heart, which can feel, process, and stay steady, versus a stuck-open-window heart, which lets all sorts of crap in. …
Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis. (When the mind is ill at ease, the body is affected.) —Ovid It hurts. Your pain is awful. Your misery is unrelenting. No matter what you do, you can’t get rid of it. You went to your doctor, and he told you that you had a medical condition: degenerative disc disease, …
Concentration is the skill of undivided attention, the super power of committing our attention to what we want at a given time, and nothing else. When all our faculties converge in a single activity or direction, the mind and the body are happy. Our background worry programs often fade, and we can find ourselves in …
You ask me what is consciousness, but I ask you, what is not consciousness? Everything is made of consciousness. When you go deep into that empty space that you are feeling in meditation, three things happen. At the beginning of the meditation, you don’t see anything, you just see emptiness, but when you put attention …
Meet Jeff Warren—the meditation teacher for fidgety skeptics! Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics Jeff Warren leads an adventure into building a practice that works for you in his insightful, rejuvenating, and fun program, Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, November 22–24, 2019, at the Art of Living Retreat Center. LEARN MORE and REGISTER TODAY
Most people don’t really understand how powerful the mind can be. However, every doctor knows that the mind can cause symptoms that are as severe as paralysis or inability to speak. This is known as a “conversion disorder,” and an individual with this condition truly cannot move the affected arms or legs or truly cannot …
Pain is a Message: How Our Brains Try to Protect Us Read More »
Is your mind more like an overstuffed junk closet or a Zen monastery? Is your mental state closer to a crowded freeway than a sweet country lane? Do your thoughts bring you panic or bring you peace? If you are like most humans, your mind is more mess than mindful, more chaos than calm. During …
If you’ve been on a path of self-exploration and personal growth, you’ve probably heard the popular spiritual saying “Be Here Now” which was introduced by the great Western-born yogi Ram Dass in 1971. Recently someone sent me an e-mail containing this humorous take-off on the phrase: “Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that …
Everyday Spirituality: Do You Know How to Be Here Now? Read More »
If I asked you to pinpoint your tolerance level in a conversation would you be able to? Could you say that after fifteen minutes if you’re not feeling heard you get frustrated or start to shut down and get passive aggressive? Or if after expressing yourself for the tenth time without any changed outcome you …
Respect emerges from within. The wanton disrespect we sometimes show toward things and others is really just a manifestation of our lack of self-respect. When I do not respect myself for who I am, how can I respect you for who you are? When I don’t feel worthy, I feel compelled to make you feel …
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