What is yin-yang? This question is at once utterly simple and wildly complicated. Because yin and yang are the most commonly known concepts from Chinese philosophy, they have practically become English words themselves. This familiarity may suggest that their meanings are obvious but this is hardly so. In the TED-Ed video below, John Bellaimey explains … Read more
The Power of Now has become one of the most influential spiritual books of our time. Following a lifelong struggle with anxiety, depression, and eventual moment of inner awakening that he experienced at the age of twenty-nine, Eckhart Tolle has been teaching how to achieve vibrantly alive inner peace through the cultivation of the power … Read more
If you’ve learned how to see a tree, you no longer want it to be merely a “tree;” you simply want it to “be.” That is seeing; that is being; that is life. In this way, you develop a tender kinship with trees, recalibrating your sense of what’s real, of what’s most important in … Read more
Buddhist nun Pema Chodron’s instructions on how to practice Tonglen meditation transformed the way I handled a job rejection the other day. “We’ll get back to you,” she said in a condescending tone. “All you have to do is wait for our decision.” I did ask her to clarify when she’d get back to … Read more
“Success means getting up at 5am, punishing ourselves at the gym and then producing, producing, producing,” writes Arwa Mahdawi in 2018 The Guardian opinion piece. “I have frequent anxiety attacks where I feel as if I’m not doing enough, achieving enough, earning enough.” As sad as it may sound, but one has to look … Read more