What helps me: asking better questions, returning to the present moment, and remembering the Serenity Prayer.
Category Archives: Meditation
Three Books That Changed My Life
Surprisingly, it’s often possible to reduce a 50,000- or 100,000-word book to a single page or paragraph of pure power. That’s enough to capture the essence that matters to you.
Cultivating Spaciousness: Ten Perspectives on a Practice
“When you experience a little space between your thoughts and the consciousness which is the background for thought, thoughts begin to lose their power over you. With dis-identification comes choice…. this kind of choice is synonymous with true freedom.”
Returning to the Roots of Mindfulness: The Four Noble Truths
When an idea such as mindfulness ignites so quickly and spreads so widely, we benefit by returning to its historical origins. Then we can check for current misunderstandings.
Beyond Happiness: Buddha and Yuval Noah Harari on Nirvana
The point of Buddhist meditation is to stop warring with our internal experience — to stop demanding that we feel differently than we actually do in any given moment.
Creating Space Between Stimulus and Response: Insights From Goenka
Emotions bubble up to the surface as discrete changes in breathing and physical sensation. Watching them allows me to hit the pause button before I respond to what other people say and do.
DOUG TOFT 