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Category Archives: Spirituality

Andrew Weil on the Power of Breathing

You can’t just command yourself to stop feeling upset. But in any moment, you can change your breathing to make it deeper, slower, quieter, and more regular. 

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 7, 2021September 22, 2021Posted inSpirituality

Remembering Ram Dass and ‘Be Here Now’

“Because the psychedelic agent is external to yourself, its use tends to subtly reinforce in you a feeling that you are not enough,” Ram Dass wrote. “Ultimately, of course, at the end of the path you come to realize that you have been Enough all the way along.”

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 7, 2021November 7, 2021Posted inSpirituality

Tony deMello on the Power of Awareness

“…one studies, one watches, without the desire to change what is…. The day you attain a posture like that, you will experience a miracle. You will change — effortlessly, correctly.”

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 6, 2021September 22, 2021Posted inSpirituality

Living With Ease: the Heart of the Tao te Ching

This sacred text describes wu wei — “non-doing,” a kind of behavior that is spontaneous, effortless, and selfless.

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 5, 2021February 1, 2022Posted inSpirituality

Talking to Lao Tzu About Time Management

Imagine that Lao Tzu came back to life and we tried to explain time management and goal setting to him. He might smirk and then say something like this.

Posted byDoug ToftSeptember 4, 2021September 22, 2021Posted inSpirituality

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