Attributes towards equanimity, and eventually Awakening Part 1 Awakening is not something miraculous, a divine and mysterious bliss for which we have to work hard to achieve. It already exists in all of us, deep inside. The secret is to reveal it by bringing our ego balloon from its stratosphere, back down to earth.  […]

Mind: our conceptual prison How easy it is for us to be trapped in our conceptual prison called mind, isn’t it? “ I am right,” says the mind: The human mind is a wonderful instrument, hungry for thoughts, knowledge, understanding, judging, and controlling, but too often, it will mistake its opinions, viewpoints, and mindset with […]

 This is part of a series of Dharma talks dedicated to the practice of mindfulness on the go Write down the number of things, people, and situations that you would like not to be around you. I bet you your list of what, and whom you dislike is a long one.  Your negative feelings could […]

One of the main jobs of our ego is self-defense. When someone criticizes you, blames you, or calls you names using any means either publicly, privately, or behind your back your ego could explode…… BOOM! We tend to retaliate, defend, and justify ourselves almost automatically while being criticized. It is happening all the time. To […]

 Listening to silence to mute the mind and quiet our body  Our mind is extremely sensitive to its sensorial receptors - visual, audio, touch, smell, and taste.  Connected to our surroundings is critical to function socially, and survive, and our mind is computing zillions of data from our receptors all the time. How to listen […]