Shamatha or mindfulness
Free Press Journal: Shamatha, or mindfulness, is how we make this mind more stable, more useful. The word “shamatha” in Sanskrit means “peacefully abiding”. Peacefully abiding describes the mind as it naturally is. The word…
Category: Mind & Consciousness
Can hypnosis motivate you to work out?
You can see yourself exercising and you can see yourself getting the benefits so your mind gets excited about … Experts say hypnosis is essentially a hyper-focused form of meditation and can work as an…
Empathy Is Actually a Choice
(There is a great difference between empathy and sympathy. On the one hand sympathy implies that one finds a common ground with another and seeks to understand the issue of emotional state of being the…
Train The Habit of Discipline
(It has often been said that habits make or break a person. There appears to be great truth in this. One of my friends uncles spent time during WW2 in the Battle of The Bulge. In…
Tibetan Monks’ Music Spreads Message Of Peace, Gratitude
(When one has the opportunity to avail themselves of any form of authentic spiritual music, then my advice is “Go for it”. I say this since there is an enormous power hidden deep in the…
The Power of Little Changes
Recently I saw this YouTube clip which shows the aging of a “person” (a computer-generated model) from a small kid to old age in under 5 minutes. Titled “Danielle,” you can check out the video here: As you’re watching, notice how the second-by-second…
Comment on 10 Reasons Highly Sensitive People Are Highly Valuable by Barrie Davenport
Thank you so much Jeanene! I’m so glad you liked the article, and I hope you enjoy the book too. Comment on 10 Reasons Highly Sensitive People Are Highly Valuable by Barrie Davenport thumbnail courtesy…
5 Ways to Be Gloriously Present in the Moments of Your Precious Life
“Everything is ecstasy, inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever.” — Jack Kerouac…
El Camino: A Pilgrims Path To Inner & Outer Peace
by Teresa B. Pasquale What is pilgrimage? Wikipedia, our new god of definition, defines it as: a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance. What is pilgrimage? Is it leaving the world behind or…
Telepathy As A Spiritual Gift
The Voice That Does Not Use Words There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen. Rumi In experiments dating back to the nineteenth century, scientists have validated two types of telepathy: instinctual, or feeling-based,…
Mirror Mirror Reflector Of Truth
Mirror On The Wall What makes us recoil and look away, having just seen every single flaw magnified a thousand times? How come all we see is fat, ugly, worthless, a fake trying too hard?…
Miracles In Daily Life Challenge Skeptics And Believers
The following originally appeared on The Nightshirt. (This article is more for the hard headed enthusiast. One who is willing to delve into some deep mind games.…