Have you noticed throughout your day when you feel stressed? Do you notice times when you feel more relaxed and calm? What are you doing during these different times? Lately, I have noticed a sharp contrast in my state of happiness between times when I am showered...
I was listening to a talk given by Osho this week which caused me to pause. For those who aren’t familiar with Osho he was a controversial spiritual teacher from India who established a center in the US and taught throughout the world in the 70s & 80s. In this...
With everything in our life we place some meaning upon it. When we wake up in the morning we assign values to the expected day. When we look in the mirror we already have a story about who is looking back. When we are at work we ascribe some value to what we do and...
I woke in the early hours of the morning with a theme “Happiness and suffering are contained within a single thought.” One could argue that happiness and suffering are two sides of the same coin. One side is happy and the other is suffering. Yet, there is a third...
There is an old saying, “you can never stand in the same river twice.” The perspective here being that a river is forever flowing and changing. It does not remain constant or the same. Life is like a river. It is forever changing. How we view the flow of life...
What does it mean to be present? Mystics and sages have referred to the quality and significance of being present throughout the centuries. But what does this mean on a day-to-day, moment-to-moment basis? Can everyone experience presence? During my daily meditation, I...
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