Oftentimes, 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 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 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.
Read MoreHowever, in the end, no matter which decision we make, we must always remember to go all-in or not go at all.
Read MoreAttachment is the root of all suffering. The mind is the root of all attachment. If we learn to accept everything as it is, then there would be no suffering, no desire, no expectation towards any perceived outcome. But is this how we really want to live our lives?
Read MoreUltimately, each moment in life serves as a dynamic playing field for exercising choice. What do we truly want to do in this moment that will leave us feeling fulfilled, knowing that we are becoming something meaningful in our lives?
Read MoreSo, what am I most passionate about? What do I want to do with the rest of your life? What do I want to be when you grow up?
Read MoreThe only way through this moment is through this moment. Instead of wishing; waiting; or hoping for the moment to pass you by, just be in it. Right here, right now.
Read MoreBy acting from a state of love, there are no losers, only winners. By doing, simply because you love to, nothing ever seems like a chore, or a debt.
Read MoreThe great thing about being a black belt is that, though there may be degrees you could work towards afterward, you are pretty much there in class because you want to be. Thus, testing your will, in large part, is the name of the game. Can you push past thinking brain into reptilian brain?
Read MoreWe are each a product of our choices. All of our victories, and all of our defeats. Nothing too big or too small to ever go unnoticed.
Read MoreThe only way through this moment is through this moment. By doing, by moving, there is no mind to be found.
Read MoreSo, be like Mario. Enjoy the video game of life. But, unlike Mario, just know that beyond you is something more infinite, more subtle; completely indescribable in-mind because it resides in no-mind.
Read MoreStilling the body, in turn stilling the mind, is the quintessential method for finding both inner peace and inner strength.
Read MoreIf we learn to accept things as they truly are, see things as neither good nor bad, and learn to un-attach ourselves to any feeling states of the mind, only then can we truly be free (truly be "happy").
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