“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero The power of gratitude is no secret. When practiced regularly and paired with meditation, it can have tremendous physical and emotional benefits. Gratitude has several meanings and connotations. In particular, there are three core elements: Grace, Graciousness, […]
How to Do Less and Achieve Success
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty…” – Theodore Roosevelt That’s one way of looking at things. The less popular theory, especially in the U.S., is do less to achieve more. Neither is 100% right or wrong. Strike a balance. Be effortless in meditation and swiftly […]
Rewilding Ourselves Back into Our True Nature
What is Rewilding? There is a term called “rewilding” often utilized within the frameworks of certain spiritual philosophies and areas of psychological study. To “re-wild” something means to restore it to its natural state or form. To reclaim and align with the truth of who we are, we are often asked to “re-wild” ourselves. The […]
Meditation is an Embrace of the Way Things are
The profound opportunity that meditation gives you is the chance to completely free you from any adherence you have to your current interpretive framework. That means letting go of all of the ways that you make sense of your experience so that you can feel the ecstasy of non-conceptual pure awareness. If this doesn’t necessarily […]
Finding the Faith to Let Go
When the great mystic poet Rumi was asked, “How should one meditate?” his reply was simply, “Close your eyes and surrender.” Entering the unknown Meditation is a conscious practice of letting go of the mind. That means consciously entering into a space in which we authentically and literally know nothing. This is a very practical […]