As mindfulness becomes more popular, even “mainstream”, it is increasingly packaged up in exercise routines, in business workshops, and in overly-simple sound bites and trite exercises that can trivialize and productize for profit a simple yet incredibly profound and subtle practice that has the ability to transform your life both in terms of purpose and… Read More »
Feeling Guilty About It? Odds Are You Shouldn’t!
Do you ever take on a task and not perform to your expectations? When you do, do you feel you’ve let not just yourself, but others down? Do you feel guilty? This kind of guilt or remorse is worth examining because the odds are it’s misplaced. And since it’s a pattern that can become habitual,… Read More »
Five Simple Tips to Help You Meditate
Many people tell me that meditation just doesn’t work for them. “My mind is too busy”, they say. Even more people tell me that they have tried and are just doing it wrong. “I can’t seem to stop my thoughts”, they say. Or “I just can’t concentrate”. Sometimes I hear, “I can’t sit still for… Read More »
Violence: Reflections For Turbulent Times
This week’s blog post is contributed by Wade Jones: father, school worker, community leader, and Buddhist priest. Also a great thinker and my friend! This post, originally a talk to a Buddhist community, offers a universal message that is especially relevant today. Reflecting on the Precepts “I vow to refrain from all evil / It… Read More »
Five Things You Should Know About Ramadan
The Muslim month of Ramadan started yesterday. Many of us know loosely of this as a month of fasting, but really have no idea of what it means for a Muslim. And I suspect most of us are completely unaware of the challenges Ramadan imposes on a Muslim striving to sustain an ordinary life and… Read More »
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