Dealing with our Negativities In the following, the term “Negativity” encompasses everything and anybody producing negative feelings such as unsatisfied desires, physical/emotional pain, hatred, delusion, ignorance, and many more. With mindfulness, we can deal better with our Negativities in life and, hopefully, find healing and freedom. There are mindfulness principles taught by Zen in […]
Claude Debussy was a French composer who lived and wrote music around the turn of the 19th century. In addition to the music he created, he is famous for saying, “the music is the space between the notes.” Such a simple phrase but so powerful too. We often think that the value in something, the […]
FOUR SPIRITUAL PATHS Our personality is made of three parts: The Physical Part (The Body), the emotional part, (the Mind), and the Rational part (the Intellect). Running like a thread through these three parts is our true Self: Consciousness, Soul, or Atma in Sanskrit. The Consciousness acts as the battery energizing the inert Body, Mind, […]
STEPS TO SPIRITUALITY Among the essential teachings of Buddha are: • Everything is impermanent, transient, and changing • Suffering or dissatisfaction with the world because we get attached to things we love and because of the earlier two teachings, we have to give them up. Impermanence Impermanence means that life as we know it is […]
The Nature of Consciousness from the perspective of Eastern Philosophy Just as the Bible and the Koran form the basis of Christian and Muslim beliefs, the Vedas ( literally means Books of Knowledge ) written by several saints and sages going back over 10,000 years ago, form the basis of Hinduism. The knowledge contained in […]
The Nature of Consciousness from the perspective of Eastern Philosophy Just as the Bible and the Koran form the basis of Christian and Muslim beliefs, the Vedas ( literally means Books of Knowledge ) written by several saints and sages going back over 10,000 years ago, form the basis of Hinduism. The knowledge contained in […]
Mindfulness meditation: misconception, illusion, and delusion Here is a list of the most common deceptive statements promoted by so-called meditation teachers and by statements coming from students. The list is not exhaustive and not in any specific order. The main purpose of practicing meditation is to relax & to quiet the mind. Not true! The […]
