Sometimes we glimpse that everything's okay just as it is. Everything's fine.
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CLEAR ALL
I hope you are well. Before today’s sit, I share with you the single most necessary component of a meditation practice, the aspect that actually keeps it all going. I have learned this after teaching (literally) thousands and thousands of people how to meditate.
A revised and expanded edition of the definitive guide to the Diamond Approach, the modern contemplative practice that integrates psychology and spirituality and emphasizes the importance of self-inquiry.
We can use whatever life presents to strengthen our spiritual practice—including the turmoil of daily life. What we need is the willingness to just be with our experiences—whether they are painful or pleasing—and open ourselves to the reality of our lives without trying to fix or change anything.
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Passive-aggressive people: Could you be one of them? Passive-aggressive people don't get mad, they get even. When conflict triggers an emotional response, the passive-aggressive pattern is for revenge, by some form of sabotage.
People’s sense of self-worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they’ve caused. The more solid one’s sense of self regard, the more likely that that person can feel empathy and compassion for the hurt party, and apologize from an authentic center.
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Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.
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We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
Nataly's "Happier Method" is made up of the 5 Core Happier Skills that, when practiced regularly, have been scientifically proven to improve emotional wellbeing, increase resilience, reduce stress, and help you thrive in every area of your life.
This episode is a joyous celebration of all the relationships in our lives. It’s challenging, poignant but ultimately hugely practical.
In Oneness With All Life, Eckhart Tolle has picked the essential phrases and paragraphs—the gems of the book—that he feels are most important and reorganized them so readers can focus on the most powerful ideas.