Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Wes "Scoop" Nisker
Paraphrasing poet Gary Snyder, meditation is a process of entering into our deep identity over and over again, until it becomes the identity from which we live.
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- Written by: Matthew Ponak
I am inspired to share helpful techniques from my own tradition to add to this emerging global mindfulness conversation.
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- Written by: Julia Paulette Hollenbery
In an attempt to keep up in an increasingly fast world, we are always on the go, non-stop doing, grabbing coffees and rushing lunches . . . We are in constant motion, fingers active if not our whole body...
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- Written by: Ora Nadrich
As mysterious as the brain is, mindfulness, I believe, can help us know more about it and the brilliance of which it is capable.
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- Written by: Ora Nadrich
We don’t usually come to the present moment free of thoughts and concerns. And we don’t travel light... I’m talking about mental baggage.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
When people speak of compassion, they mostly are referring to having compassion for others... for those less fortunate than themselves. However...
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
When people speak of compassion, they mostly are referring to having compassion for others... for those less fortunate than themselves. However...
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- Written by: Ruth King
In 1985, I had a dream. I had finished grad school and moved to Santa Cruz, California, what many referred to as the mecca of spiritual materialism, which I took full advantage of.
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- Written by: Pierce Salguero, Penn State
Mindfulness is seemingly everywhere these days. A Google search I conducted in January 2022 for the term “mindfulness” resulted in almost 3 billion hits.
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- Written by: Carl Greer PhD, PsyD
Sometimes, one short pause holds potential for a big transformation. By not instantly reacting to a situation and instead, taking your time to be fully present with your feelings, you free yourself to shift perspective. That shift might be a profound one.
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- Written by: Carl Greer PhD, PsyD
Sometimes, one short pause holds potential for a big transformation. By not instantly reacting to a situation and instead, taking your time to be fully present with your feelings, you free yourself to shift perspective. That shift might be a profound one.
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- Written by: Ora Nadrich
Whatever it is we seek pleasure from, relying on external things to give us the high or a feeling of euphoria, we run the risk of deluding ourselves that we’re in control when we’re not.
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- Written by: Ora Nadrich
Whatever it is we seek pleasure from, relying on external things to give us the high or a feeling of euphoria, we run the risk of deluding ourselves that we’re in control when we’re not.
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- Written by: Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
World Kindness Day, observed on Nov. 13 annually, is a good opportunity to reflect on the healing potential of both large and small acts of kindness.
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- Written by: William Yang
A bodhisattva brings healing into this world not out of fear of sickness and death, but out of bringing people back to their true nature, their original pureness: the inner light of their own soul, heart, and mind.
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- Written by: William Yang
A bodhisattva brings healing into this world not out of fear of sickness and death, but out of bringing people back to their true nature, their original pureness: the inner light of their own soul, heart, and mind.
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- Written by: Erin Digitale-Stanford
At-risk children gained more than an hour of sleep per night after participating in a mindfulness curriculum at their elementary schools, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Deepak Chopra
We are, in our essential state, pure consciousness. Pure consciousness is pure potentiality; it is the field of all possibilities and infinite creativity. Other attributes of consciousness are...
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- Written by: Kilpatrick Karen Ragoonaden
These times of uncertainty, anxiety and overwhelming information, mean that many of us are seeking to find a sense of calmness. A mindfulness practice — the simple act of pausing, taking a breath and becoming aware of our mind, body and heart — may offer some respite as well as a way to support one’s desire for action.
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- Written by: Doris Wild Helmering
Sense ability is the skill to observe your thoughts, your feelings, and your behavior. It also makes you aware of others and provides real-time feedback as to how your feelings and behavior affect others -- inhibiting or inviting closeness, empathy, tolerance, emotional intimacy, interconnectedness, and oneness.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell
In the 17th century, the French philosopher René Descartes came up with the "explanation for it all": I think, therefore I am. This statement was the source of debates in philosophy classes. It was the existential "which came first" dilemma: the chicken or the egg?
