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Category Archives: Meditation

Testing Your Practices in the Fire of Suffering

What helps me: asking better questions, returning to the present moment, and remembering the Serenity Prayer.

Posted byDoug ToftOctober 5, 2021October 9, 2021Posted inBehavior Change, Constructive Living, 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. 

Posted byDoug ToftOctober 2, 2021October 16, 2021Posted inBehavior Change, Meditation, Writing

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.”

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 30, 2021September 30, 2021Posted inMeditation

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.

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 26, 2021September 26, 2021Posted inBuddhism, Meditation, Spirituality

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.

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 25, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inBuddhism, Meditation

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. 

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021Posted inMeditation, Spirituality

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