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- Rest Your Weary Head - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2021 from Rick HansonThe traditional saying that's this week's practice has been sinking in for me lately. Thoughts have been swirling around like a sandstorm about work, things I've been reading, household tasks, finances, concerns about people, a yard that needs mowing, loose ends, projects, etc., etc. The other ...
Views: 5 - Gift Yourself - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2021 from Rick HansonCan you remember a time when you offered a gift to someone? Perhaps a holiday present, or a treat to a child, or taking time for a friend – or anything at all. How did this feel? Researchers have found that giving stimulates the same neural networks that light up when we feel physical pleasure, ...
Views: 10 - How do you keep yourself occupied to keep your mind off things that don't help you think positively? - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2021 from Dada BhagwanOverthinking means thinking about something for too long and making it into a problem.... problem because generally, overthinking happens around negative thoughts, negative emotions, negative imaginations and negative assumptions. Mind is indulged into multiple things that don’t help you think ...
Views: 13 - Enjoy Now - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2021 from Rick HansonThere’s a profound and miraculous mystery right under our noses: this instant of now has no duration at all, yet somehow it contains all the causes from the past that are creating the future. Everything arising to become this moment vanishes beneath our feet as the next moment wells up. Since ...
Views: 14 - Find What's Sacred - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2021 from Rick HansonThe word sacred has two kinds of meanings. First, it can refer to something related to religion or spirituality. Second, more broadly, it can refer to something that one cherishes, that is precious, to which one is respectfully, even reverently, dedicated, such as honesty with one's life ...
Views: 14 - Avoid The Rush - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2021 from Rick HansonAs I was meditating one morning, our cat hopped up onto my lap. It felt sweet to sit there with him. And yet - even though I was feeling fine and had plenty of time, there was this internal pressure to start zipping along with emails and calls and all the other clamoring minutiae of the ...
Views: 17 - Find Your North Star - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2021 from Rick HansonI did a meditation retreat (at Spirit Rock, a wonderful place, including for workshops). One evening as we walked out of the hall after the last sit, I felt rattled and discombobulated. (One of the benefits of a retreat - though it can be uncomfortable - is that it stirs up the sediments of your ...
Views: 22 - Cling Less, Love More - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2021 from Rick HansonAs a rock climber and a parent, I know some physical kinds of clinging are good - like to small holds or small hands! But clinging as a psychological state has a feeling of tension in it, and drivenness, insistence, obsession, or compulsion. As experiences flow through the mind - seeing, ...
Views: 24 - Pay Attention - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2021 from Rick HansonMoment to moment, the flows of thoughts and feelings, sensations and desires, and conscious and unconscious processes sculpt your nervous system like water gradually carving furrows and eventually gullies on a hillside. Your brain is continually changing its structure. The only question is: Is ...
Views: 30 - Leave the Red Zone - by Submitted on May 31, 2021 from Rick HansonThere I was recently, my mind darting in different directions about projects in process, frazzled about little tasks backing up, uneasy about a tax record from 2010 we couldn’t find, feeling irritated about being irritable, hurrying to get to work, body keyed up, internal sense of pressure. Not ...
Views: 36 - Be Benevolent - by Submitted on May 24, 2021 from Rick HansonBenevolence is a fancy word that means something simple: good intentions toward living beings, including oneself. This goodwill is present in warmth, friendliness, compassion, ordinary decency, fair play, kindness, altruism, generosity, and love. The benevolent heart leans toward others; it ...
Views: 31 - Make The Offering - by Submitted on May 17, 2021 from Rick HansonOne of the strangest and most meaningful experiences of my life occurred when I went through Rolfing (ten brilliant sessions of deep-tissue bodywork) in my early 20's. The fifth session works on the stomach area, and I was anticipating (= dreading) the release of buried sadness. Instead, there ...
Views: 38 - Don't Beat Yourself Up - by Submitted on May 10, 2021 from Rick HansonA previous JOT - admit fault and move on - was about our relationship with other people. This JOT applies the same practice to ourselves. Most people know their less than wonderful qualities, such as too much ambition (or too little), a weakness for wine or cookies, something of a temper, or ...
Views: 42 - JUPITER IN PISCES: Dipping, Diving and Dissolving into the Cosmic Ocean of Consciousness - by Submitted on May 03, 2021 from joan pancoeTo activate all links and see all images (recommended): https://joanpancoe.com/2021/04/28/jupiter-in-pisces-dipping-diving-and-dissolving-into-the-cosmic-ocean-of-consciousness/ “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ―Mary Oliver Dear One, I’m ...
Views: 54(1 vote) - Admit Fault and Move On - by Submitted on May 03, 2021 from Rick HansonHave you ever watched two people quarrel, or otherwise be stuck in a conflict with each other? Usually, if either or both of them simply acknowledged one or more things, that would end the fight. Recall a time someone mistreated you, let you down, dropped the ball, made an error, spoke ...
Views: 47 - 10 Life Values That Will Keep Your Vibration High - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2021 from Iona KristinaAll of your thoughts, words, feelings and actions are energy vibrations. The mindset and attitude that you choose to have in your life determine the quality and state of your vibration. The higher the vibration of your mindset and attitude is, the lighter, more joyful and clearer you feel ...
Views: 53 - Your Body - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2021 from Rick HansonAs a kid, I was really out of touch with my body. I hardly noticed it most of the time, and when I did, I prodded it like a mule to do a better job of hauling "me" - the head - around. This approach helped me soldier through some tough times. But there were costs. Many pleasures were numbed, ...
Views: 43 - Back to Basics - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2021 from Rick HansonIn middle school, I thought it would be cool to play a musical instrument and picked the clarinet. My wise parents rented one rather than buying it, and I started practicing. (In the garage because it sounded pretty screechy.) After a week or two of doing scales, I got bored and picked my way ...
Views: 48 - Know You're a Good Person - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2021 from Rick HansonFor many of us, perhaps the hardest thing of all is to believe that "I am a good person." We can climb mountains, work hard, acquire many skills, act ethically - but truly feel that one is good deep down? Nah! We end up not feeling like a good person in a number of ways. For example, I once ...
Views: 68 - Feed the Wolf of Love - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2021 from Rick HansonI once heard a teaching story in which an elder, a grandmother, was asked what she had done to become so happy, so wise, so loved and respected. She replied: "It's because I know that there are two wolves in my heart, a wolf of love and a wolf of hate. And I know that everything depends on which ...
Views: 78 - Looking for Support During Lockdown? Find a Self-Care Book for Every Feeling - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2021 from Caitlin Purvisf there's ever been a time that has demanded a surge of self-care, it's now. Throughout the past year, the trend for self-care has rocketed. People everywhere have been using the lockdowns as an opportunity not only for self-improvement but for self-love. That could mean taking time for yourself ...
Views: 108 - How to Improve Your Mental Health and Stay Positive - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2021 from Shadrack KorirMental health refers to our state of psychological, social, and emotional well-being. As we cope with life, mental health plays an important role in shaping how we handle our stresses of life, how we relate with others in the society, and our productivity among other benefits that come with ...
Views: 110 - Drop Tart Tone - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2021 from Rick HansonTone matters. I remember times I felt frazzled or aggravated and then said something with an edge to it that just wasn't necessary or useful. Sometimes it was the words themselves: such as absolutes like "never" or always," or over-the-top phrases like "you're such a flake" or "that was ...
Views: 82 - 5 Ways to Boost Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2021 from Amanda ChristianA recent study published in the journal Nature Communications has suggested that an average person has 62,000 thoughts per day. The challenging part, though, is that an astounding 80 percent of these thoughts are negative. Even worse, negative thoughts have a greater impact than positive ones. ...
Views: 119(2 votes) - An Overview of Lippage - Lip Nude Treatment - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2021 from Shubham SardaLIPS - Lip fillers are the modern answer to those who are desperate to have fuller, sexier lips. They do not require the surgery as other cosmetic enhancements do, and they are much less likely to cause adverse reactions. The first thing to realize about lip filling is that it should be done for ...
Views: 133 - Lower The Pressure - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2021 from Rick HansonThings come at us with so much urgency and demand these days. Phones ring, texts buzz, emails pile up, new balls have to be juggled, work days lengthen and move into evenings and weekends, traffic gets denser, financial demands feel like a knife at the neck, ads and news clamor for attention, ...
Views: 95 - See Beings, Not Bodies - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2021 from Rick HansonWhen we encounter someone, usually the mind automatically slots the person into a category: older, younger, your friend Tom, the kid next door, etc. Watch this happen in your own mind as you meet or talk with a co-worker, salesclerk, or family member. In effect, the mind summarizes and ...
Views: 94 - Can You Make Yourself Happy? - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2021 from Rabbi Simon JacobsonWhen you feel disillusioned or depressed, it can seem impossible to change your mood. Happiness can seem like a prize that other people were given and you were cheated out of. It may appear that the circumstances of your life are preventing you from being happy, while someone else’s ...
Views: 192 - Step Into The Cloud - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2021 from Rick HansonI had a lightbulb moment recently: I was feeling stressed about all the stuff I had to do (you probably know the feeling). After this went on for a while, I stepped back and kind of watched my mind, and could see that I was thinking of these various tasks as things, like big rocks that were ...
Views: 98 - Love the World - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2021 from Rick HansonTo simplify and summarize, our brain has three primary motivational systems – Avoiding harms, Approaching rewards, and Attaching to “us” – that draw on many neural networks to accomplish their goals. Lately, I’ve started to realize that a fourth fundamental human motivational system could be ...
Views: 124 - Bad Belief Systems You Must Lose if You Want to WIN - Part 14 ESCAPISM - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2021 from Ronald RossIf you want to escape reality, you have a lot of help. There are many industries ready to free your mind as they take your money — the gaming-industry is one of them. The global video game revenue was around $180 billion in 2020, making it a bigger moneymaker than the worldwide movie and North ...
Views: 164 - Hug the monkey - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2021 from Rick HansonTo simplify a complex process spanning 600 million years, your brain developed in ways that are loosely related to three major stages of vertebrate evolution: Reptile - Brainstem, focused on avoiding harms Mammal - Subcortex, focused on approaching rewards Primate/human – Neocortex, ...
Views: 120 - The Best Strategy to Fight Against Bullying - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2021 from Clarissa LearyWith a balanced self-esteem, your child will not only turn out to be confident, they will also be able to recognize their strengths and weaknesses and still feel great about themselves. A healthy self-esteem also prevents them from feeling intimidated when someone tries to bully ...
Views: 191 - Tuesdays with Morrie Review: Lessons When Death Awaits - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2021 from Rochi ZalaniThis article was originally published at rochizalani.com I read Tuesdays with Morrie as a 14-year-old. I reread it when I was 16. Then once again, now, when I am 21. This is a book that has stayed with me – I have underlined paragraphs that have settled in my heart, I have done the crime of ...
Views: 181 - On Ignorance Of Conventional Emotional Achievements: Cheers To Emotional Normality - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2021 from Rochi ZalaniThis article was originally published at rochizalani.com The smallest of tangible conventional achievements are celebrated – getting good grades, cracking college, jumping on a new job, pacing to a promotion, etc. These milestones of a “normal” life are placed under harsh scrutiny, ...
Views: 156 - How COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerated the Global Telemedicine Industry - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2021 from Jacobs RinswerTelemedicine was never a part of the standard medical procedure earlier. However, over the last 3 to 5 years, the trends of the healthcare market transitioned to direct-to-consumer telemedicine services, which gained tremendous traction from both investors and patients. In the U.S. itself, ...
Views: 170 - 2021’s Cautiously Optimistic Psychic Forecast: Keep Your Heart Open and Your Powder Dry - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2021 from joan pancoePLEASE VIEW IN BROWSER to view all images and activate all links (RECOMMENDED): https://joanpancoe.com/2021/02/10/2021s-cautiously-optimistic-psychic-forecast-keep-your-heart-open-and-your-powder-dry/ “The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit. Look through that ...
Views: 191(1 vote) - Feed the Mouse - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2021 from Rick HansonTo simplify a complex process spanning 600 million years, your brain developed in ways that are loosely related to the three major stages of vertebrate evolution: Reptile – Brainstem, focused on avoiding harms Mammal – Subcortex, focused on approaching rewards Primate – Neocortex, ...
Views: 128 - Can I be Happier? Take Control of Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2021 from Linda Janse van VuurenCan you change? Is it possible for humans to adapt, change and improve our behaviour, responses, and actions? The short answer is yes. The full answer is yes if you know how. Every type of advanced technology and equipment comes with a user manual. Human beings do not have that privilege, ...
Views: 186 - 3 Mindset Tips You Must Have to be Successful - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2021 from Clarissa LearyOur minds are much more powerful than how we perceive them. We may be shaped by our experiences, our environment, and our way of life, but we are able to change it if we really want to. The desire to change – whatever fuels our drive for change determines how well we are able to commit ourselves ...
Views: 177 - Pet The Lizard - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2021 from Rick HansonI've always liked lizards. Growing up in the outskirts of Los Angeles, I played in the foothills near our home. Sometimes I'd catch a lizard and stroke its belly, so it would relax in my hands, seeming to feel at ease. In my early 20's, I found a lizard one chilly morning in the mountains. ...
Views: 101 - We Are Alike & We Are Different - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2021 from William CottringerWe Are Alike & We Are Different By Bill Cottringer “It is a darn shame that we spend so much time arguing and being annoyed with our differences, and not enough time understanding and celebrating them.” ~The Author. An important insight to apply for success is knowing the ...
Views: 198 - Give Over to Good - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2021 from Rick HansonIn every moment, you and I and everyone and everything else – from quantum foam to fleeting thoughts, intimate relationships, rainforest ecosystems, and the stars themselves – are each a kind of standing wave, like the ever-changing though persistent pattern of water rising above a boulder in a ...
Views: 114 - A Discussion on Race - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2021 from Rev. Tony PonticelloOn Sunday, August 4, 2013, Rev. Tony Ponticello addressed the assembled congregation at the Community Miracles Center in San Francisco, California. What follows is a lightly edited transcription of that talk. Black Americana Salt and Pepper Shaker Black Americana Salt & Pepper Shaker Many ...
Views: 1322 - Is the Time of Learning Over? - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2021 from Rev. Tony PonticelloOn October 1, 2017, Rev. Tony Ponticello gave a talk to those assembled at the Community Miracles Center Sunday Gathering in San Francisco, California. Below is a lightly edited transcription of that talk. Welcome back everybody! Thank you so much for joining us again. Welcome everybody who ...
Views: 480 - Empty the Cup - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2021 from Rick HansonOnce upon a time, a scholar came to visit a saint. After the scholar had been orating and propounding for a while, the saint proposed some tea. She slowly filled the scholar's cup: gradually the tea rose to the very brim and began spilling over onto the table, yet she kept pouring and pouring. ...
Views: 134 - Remember the Big Things - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2021 from Rick HansonIn every life, reminders arrive about what's really important. I’ve received some myself, as I’m sure you have, too. Perhaps it was news of a potentially serious health problem, the death of a loved one, or an accident that could have turned fatal. These are uncomfortably concrete message ...
Views: 153 - 11 Choices to Make in 2021 - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2021 from Carmen HarraI hold the belief that while we can’t control all elements of life, we can co-create of our destiny. If 2020 taught us one thing, it was to make peace with what we can’t control, but to make better decisions about the things we can. Decisions are the building blocks of life. Each day, you’re ...
Views: 535 - Sheereen AK from Catwalk Snaps Undoing the Toxic Effects of Social Media - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2021 from Ian MonroeFashion brand consultant Sheereen AK from Catwalk Snaps has a specialty in digital creation. As an advocate promoting authentic beauty, Sheereen is undoing the toxic effects of social media on millennials relating to looks— body, face and lifestyle. She helps women feel confident in their own ...
Views: 281 - Rest - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2021 from Rick HansonThis practice is definitely a case of teaching what you need to learn: I've been working through a big bucket of tasks lately with little chance to rest. (I console myself with knowing that the bucket is emptying a lot faster than it's filling with new tasks.) Sometimes you can really feel ...
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