Without boundaries, most human beings (and this means, most human beings) will get distracted by their thoughts, their feelings, by the intensity of the situations going on in their lives, by other people's dramas, and generally by anything that is happening, that engages the mind in some form of communication. Therefore, to create boundaries is …
Responding to Anxiety Effectively
What are you avoiding? What energy are you holding back? What are you actually doing? All of these questions help you to understand that fear in itself is not only a waste of time, but it is not helping you to move forward and address the situation you are experiencing, in a way where transformation …
Making Sense of This World
It's very easy to get distracted, but you can develop a sense of inner strength that allows you to keep coming back to this moment, rather than getting caught by the many thoughts and the many feelings that we are continuously processing. You see, part of being human means that we are continuously trying to …
A Bored Mind Needs Flexible Boundaries
Whenever meditation was taught in the past, there were certain levels, and rituals that celebrated those levels, of understanding meditation that were vital as part of the initiation into what meditation really means. This doesn't always come naturally, because what does come naturally is a mind that is easily distracted by external situations than anything …
12:12 The Day of Awareness
There is an awareness that's coming up to the surface, and it's wonderful that this is happening, but such an awareness requires our specific mindful presence, something that I call mindful awareness. Mindful awareness helps us to be aware of the subtlety that's happening in the world, meaning that which is coming up to the …
See the World As It Really Is
To describe the way I see the world in words is not really objective, as whatever I say will only be understood through the language that is formed for each person during childhood. Hence even if my words portray one thing our mode of communication - meaning language and understanding of communication - is too …