Watching the antics of the award-winning “Henri the Cat” inspired me to write this post. For your best experience, please watch this two-minute episode: “Henri 2, Paw de Deux.”
This article has insights that are a good preparation for the January/February webinar that begins next Wednesday, the 15th: Emotional Healing Begins in the Present Moment The Buddha said: “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
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.
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.
This is the 2nd post in a series I’m calling, “Everything That Distresses You.” We’re examining these four main issues that cause us needless distress: Confusion about Desire vs.
What would you say if I told you, “Everything that distresses you is irrelevant”? Distress, worry . . . irrelevant!? Most people are puzzled and annoyed by this proposition – some folks get very angry!
If you want to make yourself miserable, here’s the quickest way to do it: get worried about what other people think of you. Just by turning our attention outside, we can begin to imagine that others are judging us harshly.
Most of us came of age in a culture that robbed us of a healthy, clear awareness of our True Desires. In a competitive, dog-eat-dog world, we are fed the idea that satisfying our desires means depriving others of fulfilling their desires.
How can you be your authentic self and embrace the ecstasy of Eros, the highest form of love and relationship? What do you do when you realize you can’t escape feelings of unworthiness through drugs, sex, rock-n-roll, or material success?