Best tools and resources for practicing mindfulness in everyday life.
It has been said that generosity makes at least two people feel good. It has also been said that generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness. And I couldn’t agree more. Sharing what I learn about mindfulness on this blog and organizing free community meetings has been … Read more
Since starting my meditation practice, I’ve made a habit of observing my inner critic. As a result, I’ve noticed that its most insidious tendency is to weave all kinds of stories around certain situations and people I meet. Usually, those stories are negative. They try to make someone “wrong” and assign blame, all the while … Read more
It has been said that solitude is the place of purification. It has also been said that the great omission in American life is solitude … that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incinerator of the spirit. Indeed, enjoying your own company can be a great catalyst for … Read more
I was listening to “Touching the Eternal,” a recording of seven-day India retreat organized by a spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle. Toward the end of the audio book, what I assume was the last day of the retreat, a woman rose up from the audience to offer something unusual — a poem she wrote in the … Read more