Zen & Enlightenment
An excerpt from Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen by Brad Warner The night that bestselling author and Zen teacher Brad Warner learned that his childhood friend Marky had died of cancer at the age of forty-eight, he had just arrived in Hamburg, Germany where he was scheduled to give a talk to a […]
On Suffering and Desire
An excerpt from Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen by Brad Warner As long as you have a goal that has not yet been met, you suffer. There is dissonance between you as you are right now and you as you think you’ll be once your desire is met. You feel incomplete. It’s like […]
Your Mind Is Not Always Your Friend
An excerpt from When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough by Dr. Stuart Eisendrath Seventeen years ago, Dr. Stuart Eisendrath piloted research into the therapeutic effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on people experiencing clinical depression. Ever since, he has been helping those who struggle with depression dramatically improve their symptoms and quality of life by changing how […]
The Way Our Minds Work
An excerpt from When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough by Dr. Stuart Eisendrath Seventeen years ago, Dr. Stuart Eisendrath piloted research into the therapeutic effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on people experiencing clinical depression. Ever since, he has been helping those who struggle with depression dramatically improve their symptoms and quality of life by changing how […]
Being Thankful Out Loud
An excerpt from Loving Out Loud by Robyn Spizman While it can be easy to feel like it is impossible to make a positive difference in these divisive times, the new book Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word by New York Times bestselling author Robyn Spizman promises that our words can go […]
Double Vision: She Keeps Dreaming of Lover from 25 Years Ago
I’ve been dreaming of a boyfriend from 25 years ago. The relationship was intense over a five-year period. It feels like he keeps coming to me in dreams even though I try to put it out there that I don’t want to see him in my dreams. I try to get him to tell me […]
Double Vision: Telepathic Dreams of Long Distance Friend
I am a 32-year-old man from India. I am learning to speak different languages via the internet. I have a good Russian friend I met online. Her name is Ruzeliya. We haven’t met in person yet; we just chat and talk. She often has dreams of me, and I dream of her too. In one […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.” Accepting ourselves means being happy and confident that we know who we are and what we, not only want from life, but what we are prepared to give to life. We are realistic about our imperfections and shortcomings, but […]
Greetings from Orin
An excerpt from Personal Power Through Awareness written by Sanaya Roman, channeling Orin Sanaya Roman has been channeling Orin, a wise and gentle spirit teacher, for many years. One of Sanaya and Orin’s greatest gifts is empowering intuitive and energetically open people to appreciate their sensitivity as a gift (and not a problem or a […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“Logic will get you from a to b. Imagination will take you everywhere.” Logic is fine and, of course, it has an important role to play in our lives and can be a great asset in the way we need to look and consider certain things. However, letting loose our imagination is like freeing a […]