Everybody wants to be a warrior. But nobody really knows what that means. Toughness, as…
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Intermittent fasting is the new fad in the health and fitness industries. An increasing number…
Today’s post is a contribution from my friend Souad Tello, who is a Syrian refugee…
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
People tend to think of meditation and exercise as contrasting experiences. When you meditate, you…
Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog’s aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. Rjis applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.
We possess the keys to the prisons that hold us captive.
Recall a few of the most beautiful experiences of your life. Maybe your wedding day…
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. Dalai…
Your terrible job is the dream of every unemployed. Your house is the dream of every homeless. Your smile is the dream of the depressed. Your health is the dream of the ill. Your lifestyle is the dream of somebody else. Don’t let difficult times make you forget your blessings.
Fasting is the most powerful tool for personal growth I have ever experimented with. And…
When we are conscious, we have choice. When we are unconscious, we have habit. Nicole…
Do you have the patience to wait ’till your mud settles and the water is…
How many times have we reacted in the heat of the moment and lived to…
Happiness is a common theme of this blog, because at the end of the day…
In my last article, I made the case that deep breathing is the ultimate self-control.…
Stress disrupts a physical process as fundamental to life as breathing. When human beings get…
Take someone who doesn’t keep score, who’s not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he’s free.
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for…
Even experienced meditators can’t always articulate how meditation works. I used to fall in that…
You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.
Fighting reality only creates suffering. While pain is inevitable in life, suffering is optional. And suffering is what happens when we refuse to accept the pain in our lives.
I define greatness as the joy of self-mastery, which is commonly termed fulfillment. How often…
Most people see helping others as a necessary but undesirable fact of community life. We…
Connection is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It is the lifeblood…
You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
Mental toughness is critical to achieving anything in life. It determines how well people respond…
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
It’s only a matter of time before life knocks you down. In fact, some of…
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
This is another one of my all-time favorite quotes because it speaks to the most…
Amor vincit omnia et nos cedamus amori. Love conquers all, therefore let us yield ourselves to love.
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
I am not a morning person. I get most of my work done at night…
One of the biggest things that separates human beings from animals is the future. As…
Benjamin Franklin famously quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except…
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 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.
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.
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.
The human brain is hard-wired for visualization. It constantly imagines how future events will play…
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
There are very few men—and they are the exceptions—who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment.
On this blog, I’ve written about celebrities who practiced semen retention and documented a potential…
Forgiveness is powerful medicine, but like all medicine many people have a hard time with…
The Gifts of Imperfection is one of my all-time favorite books. And I know I’m…
Visualization is the Swiss-army knife of the self-help industry. Performers use it to hone their…
