Category Archives: Mindfulness
Anger…meditation…mindfulness… or Resilience?
Getting off anger – meditation and mindfulness work after the fact, you can learn how to nip it in the bud prior to anger arising. An angry response is a stress reaction. Continue reading
Scientific Meditation Research
Meditation research has an upside and a downside – the upside is that it is more reliable than personal stories; the downside is that what is left out may be as important as, or more significant than, what is currently tested for. Continue reading
Comfort, Discomfort, Both OK
Generally we choose comfort over discomfort, and that seems wonderfully reasonable, doesn’t it? But just consider, whenever you choose comfort you are pushing away about 99.9% of what is available. Reality is vast, while your comfort area is tiny and … Continue reading
Surrender: True, or False?
A question that vexes yogis – when is surrender true abandonment of the ego, and when is it only an ego-hijacking of spiritual aspiration? Let’s think about some examples of both…
Satsang Talk – Equanimity
What a ripper – Equanimity, or even-mindedness (Brief notes on a talk from Satsang) What I heard most from people is “What a ripper!” Seems the talk on even-mindedness had all the lovely yogis present digging deep into their experiences and their intimate … Continue reading
Meditation – being comfortable with reality
Meditation can do more for us than relieve stress. Continue reading
Not just a poor relation – the body is spirit too
Often we regard the body as a poor relation to the mind, totally matter, perishable and not at all spiritual. The old phrase, ‘body, mind and spirit” suggests that we come in three parts, of which the body is clearly … Continue reading