STOP STRUGGLING
Posted by Paul DiSegna
on December 16, 2015
Milarepa, the twelfth-century Tibetan yogi who sang wonderful songs about the proper way to meditate, said that the mind has more projections than there are dust motes in a sunbeam and that even hundreds of spears couldn't put an end to that. As meditators we might as well stop struggling against our thoughts and realize that honesty and humor are ...
If you grew up texting, IMing, or using a pager, you're most likely familiar with the meaning of the number 143, which we have come to know as an abbreviation for "I Love You," based on the number of letters in each word.But when did the number 143 first take on that meaning? In our age of technology, the answer might surprise you.The fir...
Seeing when you justify yourself and when you blame others is not a reason to criticize yourself, but actually an opportunity to recognize what all people do and how it imprisons us in a very limited perspective of this world. It's a chance to see that you're holding on to your interpretation of reality; it allows you to reflect that that's all it ...