Why do states of depression and anxiety come up again and again, despite our best efforts? At their root, these obstacles arise primarily from how we relate to our minds, not from external causes.
We are all familiar with procrastinating. However, procrastination can be very subtle and difficult to address. It may even seem innocent. Has it occurred to you that being satisfied with “knowing intellectually (but it doesn’t help)” is procrastination?
I once took a weekend seminar at NalandaWest in Seattle with a wonderful Tibetan teacher, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, author of Open Heart, Open Mind. Rinpoche has a down to earth, humorous way of presenting the teachings, filled with personal anecdotes.
In a Japanese legend, the great Dharma Chan (Zen) master Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids because he fell asleep in meditation. According to Chinese legend his main disciple Dazu Huikecut off his arm to convince Bodhidharma he was sincere and worthy to receive the teachings.
We are all familiar with procrastinating. We may even consider procrastination to be a problem we really need to address. If we are fortunate to not have an obvious addiction, we may not see the link between procrastination and subtle unconscious addictive patterns such as substance addiction, disordered eating, porn, or other compulsive habits.
I am excited today to share with you a YouTube clip that documents the effectiveness of hypnosis for medical anesthesia. It is just a 2 minute clip, but it is from ABC News with Diane Sawyer so it should carry a lot of prestige with the public.
Most of us think we are living in the real world, when actually we are living in a cocoon of fearful, limited beliefs about the world.
What is a sanity-free zone? It’s an area of our mind and life that is controlled by unexamined beliefs, attitudes, and expectations that cause us unnecessary pain and hardship.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by life’s challenges? Do you sometimes feel small and weak, believing you can’t change things? In this webinar, Jack Elias will teach you how to understand and use 2 transformative insights: 1) The recognition that you have all your freedom and all your power, all the time!
This is Part 4 of a series of posts called, “Everything That Distresses You.” This series will be especially helpful for helping you to actually enjoy, and deal creatively with, the challenges that being around family can bring mentally, emotionally, and physically.