Last step led us through a contemplation of what we really need to feel fulfilled in our lives; along the...
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Death is real, it comes without warning and it cannot be escaped. An ancient source of strength and guidance, The...
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not...
[Read Step 5 of the Simple Living Guide. Go to Step 1] The previous step asked us to create a...
As a child, I would lie on an enormous wooden swing, which was right in the middle of my grandparents’...
Just like our five senses, our emotions enable us to interact with other people, animals, plants and circumstances. Our emotions...
I hadn’t really understood how systemic and how damaging bullying gets until two months ago, when I overheard a hall...
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become...
[Read Step 4 of the Simple Living Guide. Go to Step 1] The last step took us to the core...
Updated: March 29, 2019 When we talk of Zen thoughts concerning tea culture, most readers will think of Japanese Teaism....
“All diseases begin in the gut,” said Hippocrates. And back when he said this they didn’t have all the junk...
Watch this TEDx talk with Dr. Charles Raison on the need for cultivating compassion. – Dr. Charles Raison believes our survival as...
Remember, when life’s path is steep, to keep your mind even. – Horace Twenty years from now you will be...
[Read Step 3 of the Simple Living Guide. Go to Step 1] In the previous step, Where Is It All...
In his explorations for a better understanding of consciousness, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake challenges the mechanistic dogma of contemporary mainstream science....
It was cold and grey outside as I walked by the bottom of an imposing mountain. It felt as though fall had turned into winter in just a few hours. Snow was falling on my face as I walked...
At a recent organizational gathering I was honoured for my years of service. A number of very kind things were...
Within each moment there is time and energy, space and solidity, creation and erosion. The dynamic lends itself to the...
[Read Step 2 of the Simple Living Guide] The most important point to remember from the previous step is that...
Twelve hundred years ago the people of Tibet developed a comprehensive medical system. They understood how the mind affects the...
After meditating or going out on a long walk, I often sit with a poem and allow the words to seep into the heart of my present moment experience. The theme of the piece could be centered...
A young woman stands inside the kitchen of her small mud-brick home in a Tibetan refugee camp in Ladakh, India. “She’s scared,”...
Screen reader version: Pain When we laugh our brain produces endorphins, which are up to 500 times more effective at...
When I finally joined Young & Rubicam, directly out of Stanford, I joined the workforce full of hope, confidence, and thriving...
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