he truth involves letting go of those long-held perceptions that keep us imprisoned in patterns of behavior and ways of being which prevent us from living a life of freedom, peace, and joy. Letting go of those beliefs involves looking at ourselves deeply. Understand that for any concrete and lasting change to occur, we have to be willing to change. Without this willingness, we may simply be seeking a change that doesn’t actually involve us!
Many people come to spiritual practice or learn meditation in an effort to induce positive emotional states or to at least minimize negative emotional states. But those feelings of happiness and joy are byproducts of awakening, not the actual awakening itself. The problem is, as long as we chase the byproducts of awakening, we might miss the real thing.
What does meditation mean? How do we go about working with our habitual patterns of behavior and the emotions in our daily lives? The only way we can do so is to begin by becoming genuine and down to earth with ourselves and those around us. One of the ways I’ve been able to get […]
Have you ever wondered, "What is life coaching?" Maybe you've noticed that many of your days are spent being pushed around by your desires and dislikes. You find yourself striving to find happiness and an equal desire to avoid pain. Our conditioning determines our reactions to everyday encounters. For example, someone says something unkind or […]
If you’ve landed on this page, you might be wondering why life coaching is important. You must have some inkling that it’s time to make some kind of a shift in your life. Perhaps you feel like you’re in limbo, trying to sort out just what you want to do next in your life. Maybe […]
How can meditation affect anxiety? If you find yourself struggling with it, you're not alone. Aside from Ukraine for obvious reasons, the United States comes in second place among the top 10 countries with the highest rates of anxiety in the world. Let's talk about what meditation does to the brain! Of all of the […]
If you’ve been following this series over the past three weeks, we’ve been taking a very rudimentary look into the first three of the most basic and most fundamental of all Buddhist teachings: the Four Noble Truths. This fourth post brings us to Buddha’s prescription for how we embark on the path out of our […]
In this third part of the basic Buddhist teachings of the Four Noble Truths, we’ll explore the truth of how to cease suffering. It’s in this third Noble Truth that we can find hope! You might remember from the First and Second Noble Truths that we begin to understand that life involves and includes suffering. […]
Last week, we discussed the very foundation of Buddhist teachings, the Four Noble Truths (see Part One of this series to get caught up!). We explored the reality that life includes “suffering.” It’s simply part of what it means to be human. In essence, our suffering can only be caused by our reaction to the […]
It's your soul that's hungry, not your body. Many of us are curious as to what Buddhism is all about. In my view, Buddhism is not a religion but rather a way of life. In this four-part blog series, we'll explore the foundation of Buddhist teaching, the Four Noble Truths. Over 2,500 years ago, in […]