Category: Mindfulness
The Endless Migration
Psychologically, we are migrators. Going from one thing to another is what makes us happy. So do you think that all stops when you die?
Strengthening the Will to Live
When we consider the will to live seriously, formulae such as ‘anger is bad, love is good’ become painfully simplistic.
Bonded by Gunk and Styrofoam
“I was a styrofoam tar baby. We laughed together about my appearance. My brother told me it was a thankless job and that I had done well. We made a link.”
A Time to Find Meaning
“Even when disease cannot be cured, there is often a way to use this difficult experience to know more intimately the value and purpose of your life.”
Jon Kabat Zinn: The Prescription is Meditation
From the inner city to hospitals and prisons, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s meditation courses are helping thousands handle illness stress, anger and addiction.
Ordinary Initiations
"I've come to think that experiences of initiation are very common, very ordinary, very subtle. They happen to us all as a natural part of living."
Time for Boomers to Ponder Old Age
So perhaps this is an apt time to discover dignity in old age, lest my generation become for a puling exit from the stage of life.
Open to Understanding
The longing to be understood is very strong but it is in direct conflict with ego’s desire to be seen as independent and admirable. Karen Kissel Wegela on giving the ego a break and opening up instead.
Why We Travel: A Love Affair with the World
Like falling in love, travel throws us into a state of delight, uncertainty and self-discovery. Like lovers, travelers both give and receive.
The Llama and the Shmuck
I confide my feelings to Bubo as if he were a therapist; he doesn't comment because he's a Freudian llama.