This post is part of a series of posts on meditation for beginners. The Introduction contains links to the entire series. I recommend you read the series in order if you want to start meditating.
Last week, you studied and practiced focused meditation. Jay of Porsidan has been blogging about this tutorial. Jay had some interesting [...]
Continue reading about Meditation for Beginners (Week 3) – Insight Meditation
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. – Sir Thomas Browne
I read many blog posts. Most posts briefly occupy my mind and disappear. But a few weeks ago, my friend Ian at Quantum Learning wrote a post called “Do my words improve silence?” that reverberated through [...]
This post is part of a series of posts on meditation for beginners. The Introduction contains links to the entire series. I recommend you read the series in order if you want to start meditating.
Last week, you selected a meditation location and posture. Then you practiced your posture a few times. Jay of Porsidan followed [...]
Continue reading about Meditation for Beginners (Week 2) – Focused Meditation
No Act of Kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop
We feel good and help create a gentler, more humane world when we perform acts of kindness. But are there times when our kindness can be unkind? Although it seems paradoxical, I believe the answer is yes. I divide kindness into two types: [...]
This is the first post in a series of posts about meditation for beginners. Here are the other posts I’ll write:
Meditation for Beginners (Week 2) - Focused Meditation
Meditation for Beginners (Week 3) - Insight Meditation
Meditation for Beginners (Week 4) - Loving-Kindness Meditation
Meditation for Beginners (Week 5) - Walking Meditation
Meditation for Beginners (Week 6) – Next [...]
Continue reading about Meditation for Beginners (Week 1) – Introduction
Since I wrote my series on mindful eating, many new readers have subscribed to my blog who may not have read the series. I also know some of you read the series without actually trying mindful eating. You know who you are.
As a result, I decided to cook and serve one last dish [...]
Our first son, Ben, was born over 18 years ago. I remember it well. We’re in the maternity ward of Bryn Mawr Hospital. The room is designed to look like an upscale hotel room. It’s spacious with tan walls, dark wood paneling and cabinets. All the medical equipment is conveniently hidden behind the cabinets and [...]
People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they’re exactly like the old ones. – Charles F. Kettering
I hate admitting it, but I’m not always open-minded when I talk with others. If someone expresses an idea to me that vaguely threatens my beliefs, I interrupt with a counter-argument without considering his idea. [...]
Contrary to what we usually believe…the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times…The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced chick-sent-me-high-ee), a professor and former chairman of [...]
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. – Mary Catherine Bateson
When you read the word “death”, what’s your first reaction? Is it distaste? Fear? Sadness? Aversion? Horror? Pain? If you have a negative reaction, you’re not alone. Most people enjoy contemplating death about as [...]
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