This is a quick summary of The Hero's Journey stages by Joseph Campbell.
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Mingyur Rinpoche recently spent more than four years on wandering retreat in India and the Himalayas. In an interview with Buddhadharma, he shares his most challenging moments as well as practical advice for returning home.
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There is often a review of the to-do's while meditating. Meditation is a bath in the life force.
Roche answers questions and debunks meditation myths, and gives three easy-to-follow techniques for getting started; "The Do Nothing Technique," "Salute Each of the Senses," and "Feeling at Home Exercise.
Through the practice of meditation, there are certain changes that happen in the mind. One of the most important changes is that you become master of your mind.
When Oxford published Emotion and Adaptation, the landmark 1991 book on the psychology of emotion by internationally acclaimed stress and coping expert Richard Lazarus, Contemporary Psychology welcomed it as "a brightly shining star in the galaxy of such volumes.
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Jarvis Jay Masters’s early life was a horror story whose outline we know too well. Born in Long Beach, California, his house was filled with crack, alcohol, physical abuse, and men who paid his mother for sex.
Incarcerated in San Quentin at the age of 19 for armed robbery, Jarvis Masters was accused four years later of participating in a conspiracy that resulted in the death of a prison guard.
Once you begin meditating daily, life as you knew it will begin to take on some interesting twists and turns.
“My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.” “My mind is so busy, there’s no way I can meditate.
More and more mental health professionals are discovering the rich tradition of Buddhist psychology and integrating its insights into their work with clients.
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