Oh God, I'm really sorry, Bruce. I only knew your wife from a few things I read and they told me that she was a solid partner and person. Condolences to you...
I have recently returned to practice after more than a decade away from it. Tuesday, I sat for 30 minutes and had a nice session, but Wednesday morning, I...
SELF KNOWLEDGE AND SELF REALIZATION When we concentrate our attention on the origin of thought, the thought process itself comes to an end; there is a hiatus,...
Yoga Helped Older Stroke Victims Improve Balance, Endurance 05 Jun 2011 An Indiana University study that exposed older veterans with stroke to yoga produced ...
  Every word before and after "is" ...........is superfluous.  Which makes superfluous.......superfluous. Every word before and after "is" ...........is...
In Defense of Reality By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya When did we lose the final memory of our sustaining Reality? At what point did we relinquish our...
Blocking Thoughts: Yes, You Can Stop Thinking About It By Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. Every one of us knows what it's like to be plagued by an unpleasant or...
The Two Generals Once, a distraught man came to Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev. Standing in the rabbi's study, he said, "Rabbi, my business partners are about...
Vedanta: The Culmination of Wisdom The word "Veda" means knowledge, or wisdom. "Anta" means the culmination. The philosophical school of Vedanta represents the...
Being reposted by request of a member who says this is "the best" advise he ever got: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche: Practice in Everyday Life ... The everyday...
 A group of disciples were discussing the definition of the quote:  "Those who know, do not say; those who say, do not know."  When their Master entered...
From The Guardian 5/15/11: A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said. In a...
- Save the whales. Collect the whole set. - A day without sunshine is like night. - On the other hand, you have different fingers. - I just got lost in...
How to Meditate By Sam Harris, Neuroscientist From the Huffington Post 5/12/11: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-harris/how-to-meditate_b_861295.html How to...
Tunnels of light. Meeting with dead loved ones... the truth about near-death experiences Are those extraordinary stories proof of the afterlife - or plain...
We can also celebrate Bill Haley and the Comets recording "Rock Around the Clock" on this date in 1954. This is often cited as the birth of rock and roll. ...
FYI: I saw an ad that said that Diane Sawyer will be doing a special segment about Meditation all next week on the ABC National News. I assume that it will be...
Lord Shiva blessed 112 different meditation techniques to human beings to get liberated from suffering and merge in to infinite bliss. Different techniques...
In the Sufi tradition, it is common to use a donkey as a metaphor for our mind. Also, it is said that there are 7 levels of understanding that can be found in...
It is said that to have compassion for others, we must first have compassion for ourself. But that has nothing to do with having an "I'm a victim, poor me"...
"For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom, nor for the uncontrolled is there the power of concentration; and for him without concentration there is no peace. ...
The Sword of Wood By Rebbi Nachman of Bratslav There was once a king who loved nothing better than to go out alone in the clothes of a commoner. He wanted to...
Around the 14th century........Lalla pervaded the region of Kashmir, North India. Married at the age of 12, Lalla was a victim, for close to 10 years of her...
  When will my shame fall away? When will I accept being mocked and let my robe of dignity burn up? When the wandering pony inside, comes calm to my hand. ...
PUTTAPARTI, India — Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba, worshipped as a god by millions of followers worldwide, died Sunday morning in a hospital near his southern...
Pope Benedict admits there isn't a full answer to suffering in rare TV interview The Pope has spoken about the tsunami in Japan, conflict in Iraq, the civil...
Functional MRI Shows How Mindfulness Meditation Changes Decision-making Process 21 Apr 2011 If a friend or relative won $100 and then offered you a few...
