Life’s a matter of interpretation regardless of the “color” and “content” of the events we experience. Every day we make conscious and free choices to see, perceive, and relate to our lives in certain ways. To effectively adapt, we learn to make sense of our lives in new & fresh ways. To be mindful is […]
If we are too comfortable in our lives, we may not see the need to move for change, but when the discomfort becomes too much to bear, then the change itself may push us there.
Just like me… you have a mind & body. You experience thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations; joy & happiness; pain & sorrow; love & anger; fear & courage; success & failure, etc. Together we aspire to love & be loved; to learn & grow; to be happy & fulfilled; to be free from suffering, etc. […]
The ‘light’ works much more effectively when we also step on the ‘brake’ to slow ourselves down and ultimately come to a stop.
To experience genuine clarity of mind, we need to cultivate relaxed self-awareness- an abiding form of attention that’s balanced with neither too much nor too little effort. We sustain our focused attention with an open, nonjudgmental attitude… receptive and non-reactive… curious and inquisitive to know the nature of how our mind works in creating our […]
There comes a time where we may need to simply search elsewhere for our ‘shining light’.
Technology has connected us like never before- and we now live in a very mobile world with real-time information right at our fingertips… not to mention home theaters with large, flat screen TVs, a plethora of channels to ‘surf’, and surreal video games to keep our kids entertained for hours on end… Today’s technology may […]