I recently attended a beginners course on meditation at the Chakrasambara Kadampa Meditation Center in New York. It was an awesome experience, far surpassing what I anticipated. If you’re interested in meditation or Buddhism I’d highly recommend a trip to your local meditation center. Here’s why… Continue reading
Fantastic prologue to Jon Kabat-Zinn’s new documentary, Mindfulness.
Time is increasingly slipping by without us noticing. Have you taken a ride somewhere and when you get there, you don’t remember the trip? Or we walk into the kitchen and forget what you went in there for?
Most of the time we’re living life on autopilot. We’re missing everything due to being “inside our head” thinking. The worst part is that most of thinking isn’t useful, it’s damaging to us.
Say you go to an interview, is your mind generally calm and positive? Or is it Continue reading
Presence is being fully focused on this moment, and not on any thoughts of the past or future. This quick demo will give you an experience of focused presence.
Sit comfortably with a straight back. Set aside any pre-conceived thoughts of what you think presence is about, or expectations of what you think you’ll get from the experiment and instead Continue reading