As one of the American pioneers credited for bringing Eastern spirituality to the West, Ram Dass had more than four decades of spiritual training to help guide him when he suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage in 1997. Nonetheless, in the...
Meditation can change your life and your very sense of who you are. There is a reason it has been around for thousands of years and practiced by people from all walks of life and all parts of the globe. There is a common myth...
Meditation can change your life and your very sense of who you are. There is a reason it has been around for thousands of years and practiced by people from all walks of life and all parts of the globe. There is a common myth...
My neighbor has a great big dog. It's a little smaller than a horse. You can't go outside with a dog like that without training it first. Otherwise, it'll just pull you down the street, terrifying every man, woman, and child along the way.
Our minds...
I am a runner—a reluctant runner. After nearly three decades of pounding the streets, my runner’s high has reached an all-time low, and unless I am filled to the brim with caffeine, I mostly grin and bear it, and wait for my run to be...
After about five years of meditating like my life depended on it, I hit a wall. For the past two months, getting my butt on the cushion has been a struggle and a constant internal negotiation process. Summer felt good. Life felt good. Samsara...
I can’t wait to read this book by,Tim Ryan, Ohio congressman and author of A Mindful Nation in which he asserts scientific evidence that mediation does reduce stress, increase mind performance, and enhance overall moods. All of...
I'm infatuated... and I can't think of anything else but the object of my obsession, er... I mean, affection. Even writing this post is troublesome as all I want to do is spend time with my sweetheart, to treasure the joy, pain, decorum and...
I choose to identify with the underprivileged, I choose to identify with the poor. I choose to give my life for the hungry. I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity. I choose to live for...
“Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin’ is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep. ‘Cause every hand’s a winner, and every hand’s a loser and the best that you can hope for is to die in your...
Woah. I saw this image while browsing the Shambhala Times earlier today:
Cellphone radiation has always been in the back of my head (get the pun?). But really, I've thought about it before, and always allowed the...
I was a born power walker. With long legs and an East Coast sense of urgency, walking fast came naturally. It was my exercise of choice, preferred mode of transportation, and an early foray into meditation.
I am not sure how to begin my journal, so I begin with my title - short, but deeply profound.....
I rather be AWARE, then ever go a moment as UNAWARE as I HAD BEEN! Though the price is deep, it is WELL worth each and every moment, and hopefully...
Last week my response to "The Color of the Sky", a guest post to the IDP BLOG by Andy Karr (posted in his name by Patrick Groneman) was strong and emotional, so much so that I decided not to post it in the comments section. My...
