A simple life has a different meaning and a different value for every person. It means eliminating all but the essential and spending your time doing what is important to you. It means getting rid of many of the things you do so you can spend time with people you love and do the things you ...

There may be nothing more quintessentially Human than the search for meaning. From the dawn of history, Human beings have been creatures that seek meaning, make meaning, and yearn for meaning We all want to know that our lives amount to more than the sum of our experiences - that they have worth and count. When people ...

Your life is consumed by a series of dreamlike states: memories, daydreams, fantasies, future plans, emotional states, imagination, fears. Like nighttime dreams, all these mental states are partially based on reality and partially based on our interpretations, projections, and extrapolations. The mind that functions like a magician generating illusions. It is taking place all the time, both ...

Your mind is very powerful. Yet, if you are like most people, you spend very little time reflecting on the way you think. After all, who thinks about thinking. But, the way you think about yourself turns into your reality. What you think directly influences how you feel and how you behave. Whatever dominates your thoughts and imagination becomes ...

When your mind drifts away, where does it go. Do your thoughts fill you with Love or do they fill you with fear. Do they uplift and support you or do they doubt and weigh you down. It is important to know this because what you think, you become. Your thoughts manifest what is around you and ...

Fear of the Unknown. They are afraid of new ideas.They are loaded with prejudices, not based upon anything in reality, but based on if something is new.I reject it immediately because it is frightening to me.What they do instead is just stay with the familiar.You know, to me, the most beautiful things in all the ...

What you know about the outside World has been conveyed to us by means of your five senses: what your eyes can see, your ears can hear, your nose can smell, and your hands can touch and feel, your tongue can taste. You are limited to these senses. Everything you hold, smell, listen to, and see ...

The past is gone and the future is yet to be. You can only be where you are in this moment: this breath, this step, this instant. To worry about anything else is to waste energy. With mindfulness, life’s in the moment. Mindfulness teaches you the skill of paying attention to the present by noticing when your ...

Based on the simple understanding that unless you reach freedom from being unconscious, you can not evolve in a real way. The awakening of Consciousness is the first logical step on the path to your complete Self. Anyone can use the term ‘Consciousness’, but to grasp its meaning is very difficult. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LtIj0TK4k0 Words like Consciousness, being and absolute are ...

You interpret life based on events you have experienced in the past. It may not be apparent to you, but at the back of your mind, you are constantly comparing, judging and evaluating everything that comes through your senses with something that took place seconds, days or even years ago. While memories help you to maintain a ...

Your body is physically reacting, literally changing, in response to your thoughts. Thinking about something causes your brain to release neurotransmitters, chemical messengers that allow it to communicate with parts of itself and your nervous system. Neurotransmitters control virtually all of your functions and emotions, from feeling happy, sad, to stressed. Thoughts alone improve vision, fitness, and strength. ...

The easiest way to get into the meditative state is to begin by listening. If you simply close your eyes and allow yourself to hear all of the sounds that are going on around you. Just listen to the general Hum and Buzz of the World as if you were listening to music. Don’t try ...

According to Buddhism, the root of suffering is neither the feeling of pain nor of sadness nor even of meaninglessness. Rather, the real root of suffering is this never-ending and pointless pursuit of ephemeral feelings, which causes us to be in a constant state of tension, restlessness and dissatisfaction.  Due to this pursuit, the mind ...

In the midst of your busyness, you secretly long for a simpler life – one that reflects a slower pace, where you are able to relax, breathe and enjoy some peace of mind. You fantasize about getting away from it all or leaving your responsibilities behind. Rather than retreating to a cabin in the woods or moving ...

Bliss, they say, is the sweetest nectar of life. Bliss is physical, emotional, mental, spiritual happiness. And you can vibrate with this bliss. And it's this happiness from within. They have a saying, 'True happiness isn't out there. True happiness lies within.' And I always wondered, 'Where is this within?' And they don't say where ...

You feel alone because you are alone in your head and in your heart. Your heart is the seat of your emotional being. The place from which not only blood flows but also all your feelings of Love, compassion, tenderness, joy, sorrow, happiness, and pain. See if you can feel it, right now. Take a moment to drop down ...

To understand the depth of religion, one needs firsthand experience. It can be done with meditation. It can be done with sensory deprivation. It can be done a number of ways. But I think the psychedelic path is sometimes the easiest way, and it does not require the long time that other approaches usually require. Psychedelic research ...

You can not add more time to the clock, but by understanding how this phenomenon works, you can at least try to make life seem like it is passing by a little slower. There are different theories about why our perception of time changes as we age. For one, we perceive time relatively, and that means an ...

Philosophers and mystics have long contemplated the disconcerting notion that the fixed Self is an illusion. Neuroscientists now think they can prove it with some help from psilocybin, the psychoactive substance in magic mushrooms. Researchers around the World are exploring the drug’s transformative power to help people quit smoking; lower violent crime; treat depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder And trigger lasting spiritual ...

Challenges are something we all deal with. The most important thing we can do when facing challenges is to think positive, move beyond them, learn and grow from them, and be adaptable. Some people have mastered this concept. Others can learn it. Everyone has the power to take control of their lives and move forward. You ...

Be aware of what is going on in your head, like it was clouds in the sky, or the crackling of the fire. There is no problem to this. All you have to do, really, is look and listen without naming. And if you are naming, nevermind. Now, you can’t force anything here; that you can’t ...