It’s possible for us to establish a way of life that is conducive to being spiritual, mindful, and fully conscious in our daily lives. However, this requires practice and vigilance. There is never a point where we can sit back and say “A HA! I’ve made it!” Because as soon as we do, something will […]
I think people often turn to spiritual paths as a means to end suffering, with the expectation that circumstances which can breed suffering will cease to exist. The spiritual path can help point us to a more conscious, empowered means to move through the suffering where we have better tools in our pack to meet […]
Our minds are fickle things. They fly from one thing to another. Who knows from where the thoughts come or go. We oscillate from one role to the next. One moment we are an employee, the next we might be a mom, we don all these different masks and our minds go with us. Our […]
Today we are enmeshed with technology. In a very real sense, we have become cyborgs. Our computers, tablets, and cell phones are extensions of our minds. They store information for us, allow us to communicate instantly anywhere in the world with anyone in our lives. If we don’t know something, Google does. Never in history has […]
The violence that is common throughout our world is very evident, not just in our time, but throughout all of history. We are confronted with it constantly. Not a week goes by before there is more tragic news of a terrorist bombing or school shooting. In response, we collectively lash out in anger toward the […]
There are aspects of our thinking that can be problematic. No one causes us as much harm than we cause ourselves with our constant mental noise, derision, and judgement. In order for us to go beyond suffering, we must confront and meet these aspects, otherwise we will get stuck in an unconscious trance, a loop […]
Spiritual teachings of various traditions speak of compassion and its cultivation being a necessary component of a fulfilled and happy life. How is it that you can establish a way of living that will be conducive to being a mindful and compassionate human being in your ordinary, every day life? Firstly, you must have motivation […]
People in our society are generally more materially abundant and have more comforts than we have ever had in history. We ferociously consume with the thought that more things will bring more fulfillment. Yet so many of us find we are unfulfilled and unhappy. This is because we are tying our happiness to external conditions, […]
The mystics of every tradition say that there is an ultimate truth, not the ultimate truth, but an ultimate truth that can be felt through methods such as meditation. This ultimate truth points to your interconnected nature with everyone and everything in existence. At the absolute ground of reality, there is no separation between mind […]
We live in a world that wears “busy” as a badge of honor. Often when we ask friends how they are doing, their response is “Oh, work, work, work.” And that work is usually doing something they hate. I am not trying to say that doing things is wrong and that we should just be […]