Thursday, 19 July 2012 03:51
pressing the pause button
Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron’s meditation on being “Thoroughly Processed: Comfortable with Uncertainty,” reminds us that we create our experiences by the thoughts we think and, subsequently, by how we choose to act or react. According to Chodron, “Our emotions have the power to run us around in circles.” If we can understand this, we can learn how we actually increase our own pain.
Thursday, 26 March 2009 00:23
feeling overwhelmed?
It seems an appropriate time to write about stress, especially in the face of a challenging and ever-shifting economy. Our stability as individuals, as a nation, and as a world is in constant flux. Assurance of a sound and steady life begins with us. Take a look at your own life to see how you might be contributing to a sense of insecurity and what you might do to contribute to the change we all would like to see in the world.
