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…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.Depending on who you learn meditation from, you’re most likely going to be taught either mantra or breath meditation. Your instructor will likely tell you that their technique is the best. But what is the truth between mantra meditation vs breath meditation and which one is better?I have…
Family drama can feel impossible to escape. Someone says something hurtful, crosses a boundary, or brings a storm of negativity into the room — and suddenly your peace is gone too. In this talk, we explore how to deal with difficult family members without stuffing down your emotions, exploding in anger, or losing yourself in the chaos. You’ll learn how to stop feeding the internal thought storm, set boundaries without…
Some people feel immense suffering and think that life is too long. Then there are other people, who may be unhappy themselves, who want to live longer. And they haven’t really thought about it deeply, like: Why do I want to live longer? Do I want to live longer alone, with all my loved ones gone? The more we really look at that, the more we can see that the…
It’s very easy for any of us to get into road rage at different times in our lives. Sometimes we have really bad road rage. Sometimes, when we’re driving to work, we feel like we have nowhere to go and we’re just totally relaxed and flowing with traffic. We can go in and out of road rage. We can keep it for decades. It can get progressively worse, or…
At some point, we all wonder: Did I make the right choices in life?We replay the past, think about “what could have been,” and question whether we wasted time or missed our chance at a better life. But what if nothing actually went wrong? In this podcast, we explore how to stop regretting your life choices and finally make peace with the past. You’ll learn why overthinking, comparison, and attachment…
This article is part of the ongoing Meditation for All challenge. Subscribers to the free newsletter receive weekly guidance and a daily practice.The fact is, it is very common for a wide variety of sensations and reactions to occur when we meditate. It's not that meditation causes these feelings, but rather that it allows buried emotions, trauma, or pain to rise to the surface so we can begin the healing…
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