By Lorin Roche — 2021
Meditation is very handy for adapting to challenging situations.
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We don’t have to reject scientific logic in order to benefit from instinct.
Meditation is the habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. The popularity of meditation is increasing as more people discover its many health benefits.
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One of the most in-depth meditation studies to date shows that different practices have different benefits.
Living a self-determined life doesn’t mean that you have to quit your job or move countries or make any other radical changes, it’s all about the small steps.
It’s important to keep up with self-care for long-term, sustainable social activism.
Humans are the only animals on earth who punish themselves a thousand times or more for the same mistake, and who punish everybody else a thousand times or more for the same mistake.
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If you use your awareness, you will see everything you believe, and this is how you live your life. Your life is totally dominated by the system of beliefs that you learned.
Natalie Goldberg’s classic Writing Down the Bones introduced writing as a spiritual practice. She discusses Zen and the writer’s practice with author and Buddhist teacher Steve Hagen, moderated by Scott Edelstein.
Getting to know yourself is equal parts intimidating and exhilarating. It allows you to open a window of understanding and acceptance that can have a tremendously positive impact on your life.
Self-reflection is the key to self-awareness: it allows us to look neutrally at our thoughts, feelings, emotions, and actions. Through this practice, we are able to look at ourselves with interest and curiosity.