Category: Spirituality
Understanding Buddhism: 10 Reasons It’s NOT A Religion
1) There is no god Unlike Hinduism or other eastern religions, Buddhism does not have a central god. That doesn’t mean that they’re opposed to a god, it just means they have no reasonto have a god. 2) Buddha is not worshiped Though every Buddhist understands…
Oprah Asks Thich Nhat Hanh: How Do You Transform The World?
Thich Nhat Hanh is considered to be one of the most important spiritual leaders of our time. In the 60’s, he was banned from his Vietnam home for 39 years for peacefully protesting the war. Since then, he worked with MLK Jr.…
Science Confirms A Controversial Teaching Of Buddhism: There Is No ‘You’
It turns out the Buddhist concept of not-self, or anatta, is a verified scientific premise. Since the rise in popularity of the Dalai Lama in the 1980’s, the study of Buddhism has fascinated neuroscientists. This is because a team of scientists and…
20 Diagnostic Signs That You’re Suffering From “Soul Loss”
By Lissa Rankin MD, Originally featured on Wake Up World | Our entire culture suffers from what the shamans call “soul loss,” a loss of meaning, direction, vitality, mission, purpose, identity, and genuine connection; a deep unhappiness that most of us have come to consider…
Alan Watts Describing the Secret of Life
Read moreHow Meditation Keeps it Really Real
I’m not going to lie. I’ve tried ‘sitting’ for over an hour a day consistently for more than two decades. While I’ve been able to accomplish this seemingly impossible feat on a rare occasion, I know of yogis and sadhus that…
How To Be Free From Karma And Addictive Behavior
Karma Karma means conditioned action. Meditation Master Lama Thubten Yeshe calls it ‘habit energy’. When you are controlled by habit energy that’s what the Buddhist call being trapped in Samsara the wheel of suffering; trapping you within an endless cycle. Another name for it…
5 Things You’ve Always Wanted To Know About Om
You’ve probably seen this symbol everywhere! I mean it’s tattooed on lots of people, placed on the wall in many yoga studios, and chanted after many yoga classes. So….what does it mean? What is it all about? 1) The Sound…
Why Self Development Does Not Lead To Enlightenment
Awakening to Enlightenment With my practitioner hat on (rather than my academic one), in this post I’m going to explain why spiritual growth [and self development] doesn’t lead to enlightenment; but of course a lot hinges on what we mean by those terms.…
Osho, Don’t Use The Word God
You may not know Osho or agree with much of what he says but his view on using the word God and what it means is an interesting one. He isn’t denying God, he is making the concept of God bigger than…
Why The Ego Cannot Go With You Through Spiritual Awakening
Spiritual Awakening Just be yourself. It’s difficult to be totally honest with yourself, yet this is exactly what you have to do. Forget about being enlightened, or spiritually awakening or self realized. I get too many calls like that. People are calling…
Alan Watts Explaining The Taoist View of the Universe
The Taoist View “The Taoist view the universe as the same as, or inseparable from, themselves so that Lao-tzu could say, “Without leaving my house, I know the whole universe.” This implies that the art of life is more like navigation than warfare,…
Why Self Development Does Not Lead To Enlightenment
Awakening to Enlightenment With my practitioner hat on (rather than my academic one), in this post I’m going to explain why spiritual growth [and self development] doesn’t lead to enlightenment; but of course a lot hinges on what we mean by those terms.…
These 3 Non-Actions Are The Real Secret Behind Life Mastery
Imagine for a while that you are in harmonious participation with life. You don’t understand the word ‘struggle’ or ‘hard’ anymore. Your life flows easily and things seem to come to you effortlessly. You are not tumbled by the crashing waves of…