I am not a morning person. I get most of my work done at night…
Magnesium is one of those super minerals you’ve probably already heard your mother talk about.…
One of the biggest things that separates human beings from animals is the future. As…
Regenerative [ri-jen-er-uh-tiv, –uh-rey-tiv]: able to regenerate. 1-) Modern science has uncovered that neurons are regenerative.…
The Toronto Raptors’ championship run not only brought Canada and Toronto it’s first ever NBA…
Benjamin Franklin famously quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except…
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
When Denzel Washington speaks, people listen. Even the characters he plays in movies like American…
Prodigious [pruh–dij–uhs]: great in size, amount, etc 1-) The young musician had a prodigious talent.…
To bring anything into your life, imagine that it’s already there.
People traveling to the United States for the first time often don’t know what to…
Voluminous [vuh–loo-muh-nuhs]: of great volume, size, or extent 1-) None of the politicians read the…
What is it about me that others would change if they could?
Impeccable [im-pek–uh-buhl]: perfect, flawless 1-) The foreigner’s accent was impeccable. 2-) Paintings are rarely impeccable…
The average person speaks around 15-25,000 words in a day. Going a day without conversation…
Compassion does not need any special preparation, place or time. You can start it anywhere and anytime. Try it at home, work, school —or anywhere! The more you cultivate compassion the more will be your fulfillment, resilience, patience, grit, endurance and equanimity.
Love is vital to the survival and thriving of the human species. Without love, babies…
Serendipity [ser-uh n-dip-i-tee]: Good luck; fortune 1-) Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming famously invented Pencillin by accident—call…
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists
Arcane [ahr-keyn]: obscure; understood by a few people only. 1-) The professor’s arcane instructions were…
Your accent is the first thing people notice when you speak in a foreign language.…
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
Grandiose [gran-dee-ohs]: grand, especially in a showy or excessive fashion. 1-) The charismatic politician was…
Recently I noticed my thoughts trending in the wrong direction. Challenging life circumstances seemed to…
All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.
Infantile [in-fuhn-tahyl]: babyish, childish 1-) The teenager was despised for his infantile behavior. 2-) Infantile…
Our culture is littered with misconceptions about sleep. I often hear things like “If you…
A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
We like to have fun on this blog. And sometimes that fun involves pain. Here…
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Mesmerize [mez-muh-rahyz]: to fascinate or amaze 1-) The street performer mesmerized audiences with his powerful…
By accepting life before it happens, and letting go of your inner resistance to all things you cannot change, you unlock true emotional freedom from all of your self-imposed emotional pain.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the cause of depression described as…
It is often said that everything happens for a reason, but you must embrace the perspective that it’s never a reason that is predetermined or out of your control. It is always your responsibility to choose the most empowering reasons for the occurrences of your life.
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
It seems like every month a new challenge makes its waves across the internet. Some…
Happiness is impermanent, like everything else. In order for happiness to be extended and renewed, you have to learn how to feed your happiness. Nothing can survive without food, including happiness; your happiness can die if you don’t know how to nourish it. If you cut a flower but you don’t put it in some water, the flower will wilt in a few hours. Even if happiness is already manifesting, we have to continue to nourish it.
Biological behavior can be controlled by invisible forces, including thought, as well as it can be controlled by physical molecules like penicillin, a fact that provides the scientific underpinning for pharmaceutical-free energy medicine.
If we can model the ability to embody nonfear and nonattachment, it is more precious than any money or material wealth. Fear spoils our lives and makes us miserable. We cling to objects and people, like a drowning person clings to any object that floats by. By practicing nonattachment and sharing this wisdom with others, we give the gift of nonfear. Everything is impermanent. This moment passes. The object of our craving walks away, but we can know happiness is always possible.
Suppose you are in the desert, and you only have one glass of muddy water. You have to transform the muddy water into clear water to drink, you cannot just throw it away. So you let it settle for a while, and clear water will appear. In the same way, we have to convert anger into some kind of energy that is more constructive, because anger is you. Without anger you have nothing left. That is the work of meditation.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Zinc is one of those minerals you’ve probably already heard your doctor talk about. Zinc…
Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.
Your children are not your children.⠀ They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Discipline is between choosing what you want now and what you want MOST. Impulse is the enemy of success.
The human brain is hard-wired for visualization. It constantly imagines how future events will play…
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
