Dealing with our feelings, especially the negative ones, is one of the hardest parts of life, no matter how young or old you are. We do a lot of different things to get ourselves off the hook: We repress, sublimate, and medicate our way out of fully experiencing and processing the things we don’t want…
Year: 2017
Once you learn these 5 brutal truths about life, you’ll be a much better person (according to Buddhism)
According to Buddhist philosophy, happiness involves embracing and accepting all the different aspects of life, even if they’re negative. Otherwise we’re turning a blind eye to reality and resisting the natural forces of the universe. So below, we’re going to go over 5 truths about life Buddhism says we’d all benefit from accepting. 1) Worrying…
Know Thyself – How To Be Happy Without Changing Anything But Yourself
If you give the below video an hour and a half of your time, you won’t be disappointed with the Inner wisdom it gives you. Do we create our own reality? As human beings we all co-create the aggregate of our experiences, your outer world is largely a reflection of your inner world. You are the co-creator…
25 Powerful Quotes From Alan Watts That Will Awaken Your Soul
Writer, speaker, and British philosopher Alan Watts is best known for his interpretation popularization of Asian culture and philosophy for the West. With more than 25 books, multitudes of articles on higher consciousness, identity, the nature of reality, the meaning of life, and the pursuit of happiness, he left an impressive body of work…
Embracing the Way of Nature: Polarity and the Tao
Taoism offers a unique way of viewing the world. Though it is often taught as the “Way of Nature,” Tao, translated means simply, “the Way.” As its greatest teacher, Lao-Tzu explained, nature contains polarities. Tao creates and nourishes everything in the Cosmos, and yet It appears to “do nothing” (wu wei in Chinese), which means that…
8 Great Life Teachings From Yoda
8 GREAT LIFE TEACHINGS FROM YODA FOLLOW THESE LESSONS, YOU SHOULD. Need a life coach? Master Yoda, the ultimate wise and wizened elder of indeterminate origin and unmistakable syntax, is here to help. 1. Be mindful. “A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched….
The Wisdom of a Silent Mind
Silent Mind When your sense perception contacts sense objects and you experience physical pleasure, enjoy that feeling as much as you can. But if the experience of your sense perception’s contact with the sense world ties you, if the more you look at the sense world the more difficult it becomes, instead of getting anxious—“I can’t control this”—it’s better…
These 7 Buddhist monk habits are hard to adopt but they’ll change your life forever
What’s the secret to feeling calm and focused? It’s not an easy question to answer. So, why do Buddhist monks appear peaceful and present all the time? How do they do it? Do they know some hidden secret that you don’t? Actually, yes they do! For thousands of years, Buddhist philosophy has focused solely on…
The 6 Major Differences Between Religion And Spirituality
Spirituality vs Religion Have you ever told someone you’re spiritual, but not religious? They tend to get a confused look on their face. But there’s nothing wrong with spirituality; in fact, spirituality is perhaps the most natural thing there is. It’s simply recognizing that you are more than just a body, that you are a soul…
20 Powerful Secrets to Meaningful Relationships
Here are twenty powerful secrets that will help you form meaningful relationships with people: When two people meet, the prize always goes to the one with the most self-insight. He will be calmer, more confident, more at ease with the other. Never permit the behavior of other people to tell you how you feel. Pay…
Scientific Study Shows Meditators Collapsing Quantum Systems at a Distance
Numerous scientists over many years have studied the role of consciousness and how it can directly influence our physical material world. Large amounts of research have been published which clearly demonstrate that yes, consciousness and what we perceive to be our physical material world are directly intertwined. I will provide more examples of this towards…
Getting Lost on the Walk
We have lost many artists and people of great inspiration lately. The latest of which was Chris Cornell. You may know of him and you may not but what can be said is he was a great lyricist and musician. He has greatly impacted the world of music and therefore peoples lives. What is a…
The Strange Link Between the Human Mind and Quantum Physics
By Philip Ball 16 February 2017 Nobody understands what consciousness is or how it works. Nobody understands quantum mechanics either. Could that be more than coincidence? “I cannot define the real problem, therefore I suspect there’s no real problem, but I’m not sure there’s no real problem.” The American physicist Richard Feynman said this about…
Cosmic Marriage – Your True Partner Has Already Been Decided
Your true partner has already been decided; it is set above. It is already a commitment, without even knowing, it is an event set to happen by you. The cosmos knows. Your soul knows. Your gut instinct knows. You have been partners many lifetimes before. There is nothing ‘ new’, it feels like you have…
Reflections on Calm Abiding in Meditation
My mind has long been lost in search of happiness Without knowing how transient all things are. Seeing the unsatisfactoriness of real life experiences I will not let my mind wander outside. Turning back the forces of harmful habitual inclinations And holding firmly to the peace and tranquillity within, I rejoice in the store of…