Are you ready to dive into a brand new week? Before the emails flood in and the to-do list stretches a mile long, let's take a deep breath and set the stage for a truly thriving week. Imagine for a moment a play on opening night, but for this play… the actors have never met, … Continue reading Do you have the patience to wait for your pond to settle, and the water to become clear?
In today’s message Jiddu Krishnamurti reminds us that meditation is not about trying to prevent this brain from thinking thoughts, but about watching the thoughts dance. To get involved in a battle with your mind will only turn into a futile fight with your own brain. Instead, shift your focus. Become the observer, watching the … Continue reading It always starts with breath…
It's Friday! The day of love and today's meditation, as on every Friday, is a celebration of love. Love, LOVES to love! The nature of love is to be loving. Love has the capacity to transform lives, to heal wounds, and bring into the light even the darkest corners of our souls. Love is the … Continue reading Allow yourself to be loved just as you are!
A thought on meditation... I have seen countless lives change with this one choice - "the decision that meditation will be my new normal." Like getting up in the morning and automatically brushing your teeth, making meditation a part of your day every day, will change how you live your life. "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation…
The Dalai Lama's message for today's meditation is that the biggest cause of our unhappiness is our own mind, "the mind is the only trouble maker", he says: "Everyone wants a happy life without difficulties or suffering. But we create many of the problems we face. No one intentionally creates problems, but we tend to … Continue reading You can’t only start to grow roots once you see storm clouds gather on the horizon…
Sometimes it can feel a bit like like the world is teetering on the brink. A world plagued by conflict, inequality, and environmental degradation. It’s a world that often seems overwhelming, a labyrinth of problems that appear insurmountable. It's easy to feel helpless, a mere speck in the vast universe. The weight of this global … Continue reading You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
What's been known forever is that we need adversity in order to grow. When you go to gym and expose your muscles to doing what they haven't done before, then they're forced into making adaptations and becoming stronger. All of our growth is like this. "Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful." - Dalai … Continue reading We DO need adversity in order to grow.
All great teachers across the ages have taught about the futility of worrying, and my favourite wisdom on the topic has been attributed to a few different people so I'll just say I don't know who it's from: "Worrying is about as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum." "Your … Continue reading Don’t worry, be happy 😉
We often navigate our lives through a lens of judgement, quick to categorize people into boxes of "good" or "bad", “heroes vs villains.” But this binary thinking blinds us to a profound truth that could transform every interaction we have: the beautiful, messy complexity of being human. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute … Continue reading Even our boundaries inflict damage when they are created in ignorance and not in understanding.
As we step into a new week, we’re taking a moment to look into the week ahead and be intentional about how we want to show up, how we want to create this week. Our teacher for the week is The Dalai Lama, and he reminds us that we can choose what we use as … Continue reading Creating in fear means we are in constant resistance to life. Turn it around!
The name Dalai Lama is assigned to the lineage of spiritual leaders of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The current and 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is not only the paramount spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism but also a beloved global icon who has dedicated his long life to promoting human values, interreligious harmony, … Continue reading The Dalai Lama Collection
