I am the student, not the teacher I am not a Guru, a Buddha, nor sage or profit. I am nobody and no one that should be thought of as a teacher. Then again, I don’t think that we should…
Don’t listen to me!
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Screaming meditation
Meditation is not about the silence Most of us have heard of silent meditation, laughing meditation, insight and breathing meditation. But how many of you have ever heard of screaming meditation? Probably none of you, because I have just discovered…
I want to call my Dad
Too bad that I can’t. Unfortunately, my Dad died about nine years ago. Yet today I have the strong desire to hear his voice. His warm tone of voice, silly sense of humor like mine, and to listen to him…
Meditation is so hard
Meditation is hard, in the same way that exercise, eating healthy, studying, and forgiveness can be hard. All of which have such great and wholesome benefits to ourselves, but also require mindfulness and determination.
Escapism is not the solution
Escapism takes us from where to where exactly? Escapism: habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine. How very easily each of us can perceive mediation as our little escape…