Reading Time: 4 minutes“Okay everyone, let’s all focus on our breath.” It is an instruction we almost always hear at the beginning of a meditation or yoga class. It seems like an important and vital thing to do, but few teachers go into the specifics of exactly why we are focusing on the breath in the first place. […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the biggest splits in modern society is the division between the spiritual and the material. Sensual pleasures are often seen as an obstacle to or a distraction from more noble spiritual pursuits. But once we release the sexual shame that has been passed down through a few millennia of repression, we realize there
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Reading Time: 6 minutesIt is incredible how quickly the mind equilibrates. News or events that initially seem quite shocking soon turn into, “Well, that’s just the way it is.” I recently experienced this firsthand when my social media stream became full of apocalyptic pictures revealing the orange sky shrouding much of California and Oregon. Just like my first
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Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s a story that’s been told over and over, so much so that it has its own memes. There are two wolves fighting inside of you. One is evil, or symbolizes some form of darkness and hate, and the other is good, containing qualities of light and love. The one who wins the battle is
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn my last blog post, I discussed how remaining present, even in the face of pain, is part of our spiritual awakening. Our task is to become wholehearted participants in life, and that means increasing our capacity to be with what is. However, what I neglected to mention was that our practice of being present,
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Reading Time: 6 minutesAmerica and the world, my heart goes out to you. The challenges we are facing are daunting, unprecedented, and heart-breaking. In the United States, California is on fire. The Gulf Coast is getting pummeled by hurricanes. Anti-police protests are increasing, police are getting away with murder again and again and again, and now protesters are
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Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen I was young, I never liked how people used the word God. Living in a disproportionately Christian society, people talked of God like he was a supernatural white guy with a beard on a cloud in the sky. And although he seemed to have unlimited power and wisdom, he spent his free time hating
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn The Seven Lessons of Love, I wrote that spiritual practice is a crucial step on the path towards greater self-love. By rooting our love in something larger or something greater than ourselves, we remove any limits on how much love we can bring into our lives. However, when I talk to people about deepening
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Reading Time: 5 minutesI recently had the pleasure of interviewing the incredibly kind, joyful, and wise meditation teacher Spring Washam for the Learn to Love Podcast. We talked about a lot of things, including Black Lives Matter, how to hold the complexity of the human experience with a fierce heart, and the importance of compassion. But there was
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Reading Time: 5 minutesSo you’re stuck at home, it’s day 45 or 60 or 100 of this worldwide epidemic and you already finished Tiger Kings, the Mandalorian, and re-watched The Office. What’s next? Why not choose something that opens your mind and teaches you something new about the world? Why not watch something to further your spiritual development?
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