“That voice of our ego is little more than an annoying roommate.” Michael Singer, The Untethered Soul We don’t have to understand neuroscience in order to work skillfully with thoughts. In meditation, we don’t suppress thoughts and we also don’t follow
Since I learned to meditate twenty five years ago, I have experienced joy and bliss. I have also experienced boredom and frustration. I’ve had periods of relative calm and times of being swept away into catastrophic thinking and despair. I know
Friends With Your Mind, How To Stop Torturing Yourself With Your Thoughts by Lynn Fraser Publication February 2017 Compelling thoughts have the power to take us away from the present moment. They trigger feelings of fear and anxiety, showing up
These are challenging times for many people. When there is anything going on in the world and/or our personal lives that feels threatening to our safety, several things tend to happen. Our minds get involved with intrusive, catastrophic thinking. We
Join us for a free online retreat December 3rd. Details here: http://nondualinquiry.com/monthly-workshops/silent-retreat-online/ Setting aside a period of time for meditative silence often goes better with some advance logistics planning. Before you start: If you are in a household with other people,
When you can’t have compassion for yourself, what’s in the way? We may feel we don’t deserve our own compassion. We see our actions have led to harm in ourselves and others and now we blame ourselves for being stuck in
This week of the US presidential election has been one of high emotion and intensity. Many people are flooded with fear, betrayal, hopelessness and despair. Our systems are on high alert. We may experience intrusive, catastrophic thoughts. We are searching out
Meditation is all over the news these days. Yet another study proving the health benefits of meditation for everything from asthma and heart disease to the brain. The Dalai Lama. Olympic athletes and business executives who meditate. Goldie Hawn’s Mind-Up program
Five Koshas, sheaths or layers of our being Koshas are layers of being, moving inward from least subtle (physical body) to most subtle (bliss). Like scarves covering a lamp dim its light, the koshas conceal and veil the light of
“Remember– there is a part of the mind which is not affected by any of these. Focus on your strengths and the weaknesses will take care of themselves.” Swami Veda Bharati “What is the aim of yoga besides what’s in it