As a child, one of my greatest secrets was my post-bedtime routine. I’d strain my ears listening for the click...
We’re both nothing and everything in the “here and now” Whatever you’re experiencing right now is neither right nor wrong,...
Today, the vast majority of people on this planet have no concept of conscious awareness or mindfulness. Many of those...
The following has been excerpted from Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-Five Paintings to Change the Way You Live, in which psychiatrist...
The mind thinks it’s always right The mind can’t help but think it’s always right. Every single one of our...
The Mindful Acceptance of Beliefs I think, therefore I am. But who am I? What am I? I am whatever...
Acceptance of “the way it is” Human suffering is human. Awareness is just aware of it all, without thought. Awareness...
This article was excerpted from AMMA: Inspiring Experiences with the Divine Mother, by Dayalu (Ted Zeff). “Bowing down to all of...
The Marching Band Where is my marching band? I thought there would be a marching band for me. One day,...
Two universal truths: There is no time outside of this moment, and there is nothing that exists outside of awareness....
Search Perfectionist madness, a silent stream licking the taproot, a search that perpetuates itself and collides with dreams or expectations....
WHOSE MIND IS IT ANYWAY?: Get out of your head and into your life Lisa Esile, Franco Esile [TarcherPerigee, 178...
What is awareness? Adyashanti tells us that awareness is that part of us that perceives, observes and witnesses our thoughts, feelings,...
Mindful Awareness What do I want to say? I have nothing to say. What is here now to say? Life...
Allies in the Moments Body, be present Taste each precious moment Fall alive and awake Body, be resilient as you...
The following has been excerpted from On the Verge: Wake Up, Show, and Shine, through which fitness professional Cara Bradley aims...
The following has been excerpted from In the Distance, in which long-distance runner Dave Griffin writes about how running isn’t...
The term “mindfulness” can seem confusing. Isn’t the point of meditation to get out of one’s mind? To move past...
In central Beijing on a cool, smoggy Monday morning, an old man who’d come down from a village in the...
How to Feed Your Silence First, know this: it will hide. It is skittish, fragile, wide eyes peering from your...
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. – Eckhart Tolle (all quotes...
Bondage “What holds you in bondage?” The dharma question insinuates itself into my thoughts for weeks. I hadn’t thought I...
You Never Really Leave the Labyrinth Step outside its sacred stones, and the ancient way slides back underfoot, tracing its...
Today as I was getting ready to leave the house I was struck with how at home I felt in...











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