What do you want from your meditation practice? At the very least, you want to feel calmer and less anxious in your everyday life. However, this incessant striving to achieve a measurable result may be your first meditation mistake. The desire to make meditation work the way you want can become a hindrance if not … Read more
Have you ever noticed your inner critic? I’m referring to that subtle voice in your head that never stops talking. Not a day goes by without it attempting to criticize, blame, and judge both yourself and those around you. What’s peculiar is that you allow it to be there all the time, indulging in negativity. … Read more
At some point, all of us lost the ability to be fully present while taking familiar paths of everyday life. The time spent going from one place to another seems meaningless and unproductive. It’s something we have to do. We always feel the need to be somewhere else; we don’t want to be where we … Read more
What is the purpose of meditation? Have nothing on our mind? Think of something specific? Find a pleasant feeling to hold on to? Be blank and see what comes next? We can’t help but feel utterly lost in all these questions at the very start of our meditation practice. If we’re to make progress and … Read more
What are the five major world religions? We were born into a time when many young people had lost faith in the transcendent, whether it be named God, Nature, the Sacred, or by any other term. Confident in our understanding of the world, we were lulled into a false sense of security. But this illusion … Read more