At the heart of the entire Practice of Meditation is Discipline. Discipline, broken down, is knowing what you must do in that moment (despite your thoughts and feelings) and doing it.
I need to go for a run. But I’ll be so tired after.
I need to eat better. But the desserts look more tasty.
I need to study for this exam. But this show is so tempting.
So, which of the 5 tiers is the most important? None of them. Instead of thinking of them in a hierarchal fashion, think of them more like different tools in your toolbox. Some days you need Yoga; some days you need Buddhism; some days you need Zen; some days you need Tantra; and some days you need to accept everything for what it is and reside in the Tao.
Read MoreHave you ever noticed that when you’re watch an action movie, your heart begins to race and your adrenaline goes up? Or when you’re listening to classical music, your mood starts to mellow? Or when you’re watching a mountain climbing documentary, you suddenly feel inspired?
Read MoreAstute practitioners of yoga (and Hinduism, for that matter—since they both come from the same tree) know that the primary objective is to escape the endless cycle of death and rebirth (Reincarnation) and achieve Moksha (Liberation).
Taken more allegorically, this can be better understood as escaping the endless cycle of death and rebirth in relation to one’s own suffering, or (more accurately) trauma.
Read MoreOftentimes, we don’t even realize that our ideas are so intertwined with our identity that we mistake one for the other. Because of this, we tend to become hostile whenever someone begins to challenge or reject our currently held view; believing that they are somehow attacking us, not the idea.
Read MoreAs someone who has also spent a lot of time pursuing more esoteric disciplines (Martial Arts, Yoga, Meditation, Shamanism, Zen), these fields are less focused on Semantic Learning (though there is still some degree of that) and are more driven by Motor Learning.
Read More“I’ll tell you a secret; something they don’t tell you in your temple. The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last…”
Read MoreThe faster you learn to get into these states, the better you are able to perform at whatever it is that you are doing. Instead of splitting your energy, your attention, your focus, on multiple different things; you are better able to give all of that to your chosen task.
Read MoreThe one who has mastered their Mind is the one who is able to Think when it is necessary and to see through Silence when it is not.
Read MoreUnquestionably, one of the most over-utilized “new age” expressions being thrown about in today’s Motivational subcultures is the term “Ego”.
Read MoreLove is our one most universal resource, capable to transcending both time and space; allotting us infinite bounds of energy. No matter where we are in both time and space, we will always have the capacity and the capability to be loved and to be loving.
Read MoreVibration; sound; matter; physical touch; even the written word. Energy transfers through and is all forms and mediums.
Read MoreBe silent; be still; feel; and come to know. We all seek out the best in ourselves; we all seek out the truth --- but only the very few of us are ever really willing to receive it. All of it, stemming from a conscious state of no-mind.
Read MoreAttachment is a good thing. It's also a bad thing. Attachment is what fills our life with colour. It's also what takes that colour away.
Read MoreSo, what is it about energy? All forms of energy in this universe affect us on both a conscious and subconscious level.
Read MoreIt's not the clothes; the concepts; or the ideals, that will make you any better, but the actual practice of recognizing that you already are something much greater than what you readily think you are.
Read MoreAfter examining each of the four paths to yoga, we can begin to see an undeniable commonality start to emerge: no matter which path we choose for ourselves, we are required to do something. And, in so doing, we become fully "here".
Read MoreIncessantly, we continue to drudge forward; never stopping to appreciate who we are or how far we’ve come. We can become so over-worked on finding the next big thing, that we are left to wonder how it is that we were never really “here” in the first place.
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