There is something I’ve noticed throughout my life that has been consistent, and I’ve noticed it in every other person’s life I’ve had the chance to witness. I call it the Law of Best Possible Outcomes. What I mean is that even though terrible things happen in all of our lives, some more than others, I’ve noticed that these often tragic events become turning points. They lead us to new…
From Path to Peace With Todd Perelmuter Newsletter Hello my friend, A lot of people think they need to quit their job, move to the mountains, and live in an ashram or monastery if they are ever going to find peace and happiness. But let me tell you, monk life still has stress. They still stub their toes, they still have health scares, and they still go through loss. Trust…
From Path to Peace With Todd Perelmuter Newsletter Hello my friend, For all the people who inquired about my new book in audio form, it’s now available for listening on Amazon and Audible. Enjoy. If you are on a journey of growth and self-discovery, you no doubt have had moments where you have felt frustrated and disappointed with the state of the world. The cruelty and mindlessness of others has…
What kind of world would we live in if simple mindfulness were taught in every school? If it were practiced in every company? If people learned mindfulness at home, on their own computers? The world would be a very different place. Our minds project our reality. When we are mindless, we act without considering consequences. When we are unaware of the interconnected nature of all life on this planet, greed…
Very often in life, we say something we don't mean. We react in anger. We make an impulsive decision, an unconscious choice, and later regret it. With a bigger, broader perspective, we see the error in our ways and feel a sense of regret or shame about it.And we want to understand why we did this. We want to prevent it from happening again. So we have to understand the…
Hello my friend,I was flipping back through an old journal and I saw an entry that made me laugh today. A few years ago, I was meditating very studiously and I was having a very blissful day — cloud nine, head in the clouds, and floating along. When a very negative, complaining, screeching neighbor decided to start banging on my walls and scream that I was chopping vegetables too loudly. It…
From Path to Peace With Todd Perelmuter NewsletterHello my friend,The other day, I was goofing around with my friend and I started laughing so hard my sides hurt, water shot out my nose, and I was crying two waterfalls down my face. And it was awesome. Every single muscle fiber in my body relaxed, there was no thought — it was just pure joy.That’s when it occurred to me: dying from…
In meditation, we can become aware of awareness itself. The first step is simple. Close your eyes and begin by noticing your thoughts. Don’t try to change them. Just observe what the thoughts are, the nature of the thoughts, how one thought jumps to another, how they arise and how they fade away. Really look at what a thought is. As you observe your thoughts, notice something deeper: you are…
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…
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