I think something as simple as a lack of a tea bag may have altered the course of my life....
Tripping on sounds, I hear birds outside my window, muffled, over the swish-throb of a heartbeat in my ears, a...
Pratyahara and pencils populate my thoughts today. Back to school, I can smell the freshly sharpened pencils—not that anyone sharpens...
Excerpted from Opening to Meditation: A Gentle, Guided Approach, in which author Diana Lang aims to guide and support all readers,...
SELF LOVE: Accept yourself for who you truly are
Human beings get swept up in life far too often, being carried away by its busyness and becoming overwhelmed by it all—the constant ebb and flow of our world. We try to mould ourselves to fit the gaps that life presents for us, while forgetting that we were born with everything that we need in order to thrive on this beautiful plane
Excerpted from The Monk’s Tale: Stories about Happiness by Nathan Tamblyn, in which the author philosophizes on the transient nature...
This is the season of spring rituals. The arising of spring itself is a ritual. We welcome the budding of...
You are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment Thich Nhat Hanh [Shambhala, 143 pages] Thich Nhat Hanh is...
When lost in past or future thinking, we neglect the present moment and lose touch with where we are in...
A recent walk in the woods reminded me how quickly we can lose touch with our inner peace. As I...
The wholeness of life The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes....
The workplace can be a hub of competition, deadlines and pressure that causes stress, agitation and unhappiness. Often we get so preoccupied trying to catch up that we don’t realize the power our minds hold to help us expand our reaches. Mental exercises to calm our minds can profoundly increase our ability to work with more focus, clarity, creativity, efficiency and positivity. Mirabai Bush, a seasoned mindfulness meditation practitioner and teacher, brings mindfulness exercises to her CD...
It is a hallmark of human experience that we tend to miss the significance of the moment. Many things occur to us over the course of our lives, and it is often only when...
Dropping doctrinal delusions,
Secular political ire,
Finite angled loss
And way too much historical
Backpack weighted-
Warring, dropped tonnage
Of endless weigh-lied ‘syn’onymed...
We often go through our days rushing full speed ahead, as though trying to reach some imaginary finish line—the end of the meeting, workday, or class. We strive for that post-dinner relaxation...
When anyone does anything, they always do it with purpose. While it may not be immediately obvious to anyone else or even to the individual, every action is motivated by purpose. This is true of...
Daniel James Shellabarger, now known as Suelo, has been living without money since 2000. He was...
My high school art teacher always encouraged us to work quietly on our projects. The purpose of this, she said, was to tune out the left brain, the logical, rational side and to allow the right brain...
Where did the voice come from and why can't I shut it up? Why is that voice so filled with self-judgments? And why can't I ever seem to just turn it off?...
Dazzling hues of pink and orange light up the slowly drifting clouds. The setting sun illuminates the mountain in front of me, casting an orange glow on the...
I’d always struggled with the concept of work in my life. In the quest to find fulfilling work, I’d never...
A stray cow is walking toward me. I cross the street to give it space, careful to avoid stepping on a tail of one of the many sprawled out, potentially rabid, dogs that lay on the other side.
I yearn to know your many sides
No, you are too vast
Embrace the mystery, I remind myself
It is in not knowing you that I can truly know you
Forget maps, I wish to see you with child’s eyes
Drop the judgment
You are perfect in your many imperfections
You are my greatest teacher...
Most of us sit on the fence; one leg dangling shamefully in hindsight, the other swinging longingly towards a future that may redeem itself. Both parts of our disjointed selves miss what’s right in...
