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.
“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 MoreAny life experience that you may have; any thought; any emotion; any realization; anything and everything—is all happening within you. ‘You’ are the totality of your own life experiences and the gatekeeper for how you perceive the outside world moving all around you.
Read MoreIn recent years, a new wave has hit mainstream influence in the form of pushing meditation as a viable means for mental recovery and resilience.
Read MoreIn the eyes of the Zen practitioner, just like in the eyes of the child, there is no truth. What truth can there be when you’re having fun?
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 MoreWhat is it that yoga can offer us that no other discipline can? Meditation. Going within. For, at its core, yoga is meditation (Bhagavad Gita). So, why have so many schools chosen to forgo this most essential and important part of the practice?
Read MoreStilling the body, in turn stilling the mind, is the quintessential method for finding both inner peace and inner strength.
Read MoreThe goal and practice of any meditation is to bring oneself out of the mind and so fully into the present moment, such that, one becomes absorbed in it; unable to discern the difference between themselves and another, simply because there is none. You are the universe and the universe is you - a scientific fact.
Read MoreConsciousness through a true state of awakedness.
Read MoreTranscending past the deepest facets of the self, one is able to enter into a state of no-mind; a state of being, completely devoid of the self and fully absorbed into the Self.
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