“Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don’t serve them tea.” — Shunryu Suzuki Whenever I offer meditation taster sessions to the public, it never ceases to amaze me how often people who have never meditated before experience profound peace the first time they try it. …
“Most fear is based on a mental projection of what might happen in the future. Is there anything to fear right now, in this moment?” In this time of change and uncertainty, fear and anxiety are running high in many people. Fear of catching the virus, fear of financial hardship, fear of running out of …
“I’m a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens, whether we perceive it as being good or being bad.” — Bill Gates What a crazy last few days these have been—unprecedented in so many ways. I can’t believe it has only been 10 days since I left Gokarna, the temple …
“No amount of self-improvement can ever make up for a lack of self-acceptance.” — Robert Holden Self-acceptance is an essential quality to cultivate if we wish to live a healthy and fulfilling life. Few of us were fortunate enough to be raised in an environment free of unhealthy judgement or criticism—an environment where we were accepted just …
“Saying yes to every thought, feeling and emotion will give you an experience of unbroken peace.” On a recent flight to India, I watched the Jim Carrey movie “Yes Man”— the one in which he plays a guy who’s stuck in a rut due to his negative attitude towards life. His one remaining friend drags …
Do you remember the joy and zest for life you used to feel as a kid? How you used to spring out of bed every morning, eagerly anticipating the day ahead? Life was thrilling and carefree. Your eyes sparkled and you bristled with aliveness. For most of us, the experience of uncaused joy and zest …
“I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind —the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.” Elizabeth Gilbert Everyone, without exception, suffers from a restless monkey mind—an expression The Buddha coined millennia ago when he likened the thoughts in our head to a …
“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.”- Thomas Jefferson Life is full of problems. Or so it would appear. Bills to pay, mouths to feed, politics in the office, family feuds, health issues, the sorry state of the world… an endless sorrow-go-round of issues to contend with. No sooner …
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Life is a journey, not a destination”— Ralph Waldo Emerson Not knowing what to do with your life is an issue that causes a lot of stress and anxiety for people, particularly in the West, where there are a bewildering number of options open to us. Should I go to this university or that one, …
If you want to live life to the full, you need to learn how to stop overthinking everything. Listening to the same old broken records playing over and over in your head, day in, day out— and having no idea how to pull the plug— can really grind you down. It can suck the joy …
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