This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.The only wrong way to meditate is to not meditate. Some types of beginners’ meditations have certain benefits and more advanced types have different ones. But if you take the time to turn your attention inward, you will have more peace and gain a deeper insight and understanding…
Send me a message Most of what hurts us… isn’t what people say. It’s what we believe about it. In this video, you’ll discover a deeper truth — one that goes beyond “handling criticism” or “staying positive.” A truth that changes how you experience every interaction. Because when you truly see what you are…there is nothing to defend, nothing to protect, and nothing that can be attacked. And from that…
We often look back 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 100 years and ask, How did humans ever do that? What were they thinking? What was wrong with those people? We call them barbaric or monstrous, whether it was lobotomies on mental patients, denying women their rights, or denying minorities basic human dignity. I always ask: why do we have to wait to look back on other societies? Why can’t…
There was a famous lama I once spoke with in a Buddhist monastery in northern India. He was one of those lamas with the last name “Rinpoche.” I’ll butcher the first name, so I’ll just call him Mr. Rinpoche.He said:A bird needs two wings to fly, and humans need two wings to fly. One is wisdom, and one is experience.Wisdom is the intellectual understanding we develop about ourselves and spirituality…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.There is no one best meditation, just like there isn't one best medicine that treats every illness. Each meditation has its own benefits. For most people, a mantra helps calm the chaotic mind. After doing this for a while, moving on to breath-awareness meditation becomes easier. With heightened…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.Mindfulness meditation or awareness meditation refer to the act of observing some phenomena in the present moment with great concentration. To observe the present moment, the mindfulness meditator’s main aim is to focus. They may focus on their breath, their body, their surroundings, or a task, such as…
Most of us don’t like to be bored. We do whatever we can to avoid it. We are almost addicted to filling the silence, filling the spaces in our day, and avoiding it at all costs.When I was a kid, it was a lot harder to escape boredom. TV shows were on all day, but only the good ones were on at night. If I wanted to watch a movie,…
We’ve been taught that success, money, and achievement will eventually make us happy. But no matter how much we reach, it never feels like enough. In this podcast, you’ll learn why ambition can’t give you lasting happiness — and how to shift your mindset so you can enjoy the journey instead of endlessly chasing the next goal. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons…
It’s like watching a movie. It is a wonderful experience, unless we forget that it’s just a movie. But when we realize it is an illusion brought forth by the projector and the screen, then we can truly enjoy it, knowing we’re safe and knowing that nothing can hurt our true selves, that light of consciousness within us. If we look deeply into the nature of the universe, what we…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.Some people became depressed or anxious. Others became restless. And some people feel all of their senses uncomfortably heightened. These people are not experiencing issues from meditating too much. It is from not meditating enough. They had spent all of their lives lost in constant thought, always doing, never…
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