In the meantime, a great talk on mindfulness and meditation
One of my favorite talks, courtesy of Google, on the benefits and increasingly well documented results that rise from mindfulness and meditation.
Tag: mindfulness
Advice from the heart – do not envy qualities, honor them
Today’s Advice from the Heart: Do not be jealous of others’ good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself. Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself, and purge them like bad blood. Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the good qualities of others, and respect […]
Advice from the heart – be neutral and kind
Today’s advice from the heart: Generate compassion for lowly beings, and especially avoid despising or humiliating them. Have no hatred for enemies, and no attachment for friends. This piece of advice is difficult for me because I am anything but a neutral mentality. I have little difficulty being kind, but curbing my emotions is hard […]
Advice from the heart – avoid pride, shun respect
Today’s advice form the heart: Profit and respect are nooses of the maras, so brush them aside like stones on the path. Words of praise and fame serve only to beguile us, therefore blow them away as you would blow your nose. I admit, I had to stop and research the word ‘respect’ for this […]
Advice from the heart – avoid the delusions of ego
Today’s advice from the heart: Avoid activities that are said to be meritorious, but which in fact are obstacles to Dharma. I’m not sure what this piece of advice ‘means to me’. I’m still noodling it through, and as usual, am doing so ‘real time’ in the interest of both being of the moment (mindfulness) […]
Movie Review: Dirty Filthy Love (practice)
The film is called ‘Dirty Filthy Love’ and it’s a story about the perils, challenge, and victories of a man learning to deal with Tourette’s syndrome and a rather severe case of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I understand it has won or was at least nominated for a Sundance award (independent film), but frankly, I don’t care […]
Advice from the heart – practice in accord with your spiritual guide
Today’s advice from the heart: Because you have received advice, whenever you are not meditating always practice in accordance with what your Spiritual Guide says. If you practice with great devotion, results will arise immediately, without your having to wait for a long time. If from your heart you practice in accordance with Dharma, both […]
Mantra or Study?
I’m a little torn on deciding what to next pursue in the way of articles for this place. The ‘basics’ as it were include Ngöndo, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the various empowerments and practices that support these things. There are a host of mantras and studies that might be explicated here, […]