Everyone talks about the ego: ego trips, healthy ego, negative ego, big ego, get rid of your ego, even kill your ego. But what is the ego? Is there such a thing? Or is the ego just a version of our hyper-inflated need for security in a world of apparent threats? Great article, read it here
To Simplify Is To Amplify
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” -Leonardo Da Vinci
We immerse ourselves in a fast paced schedule and make life complicated. When we focus on what’s important, we take complicated things and make them simple. This simplification leads to the amplification of what we truly value. ... continue reading
Use the Power of Meditation to Create Wholeness in Your Life
I meet a great many people who come to me with the desire for change. Many are in the throes of decisions regarding health, business and/or relationships and most are in distress as to how to handle what is coming their way. My first question to these people used to be “Do you meditate?” but I have come to know that chances are good that they are in distress because they don’t. So, instead, my question becomes: “You don’t meditate, do you?” And when they say “no,” I begin to share with them the light of mindfulness.
Zen Mountain: Leave It All Behind
“What day is it?”
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.
Last weekend I spent nearly four days leading a retreat, at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. To get to this Zen center, you make a journey through a twisting bumpy rising falling mountainroad, and then you’ve arrived.
And what a place to arrive at! It’s a place of peace, with a silently gushing river, people meditating all the time, everyone walking slowly, no distractions, constant gratitude and mindfulness. A beautiful place of peace.
As I contemplated the peace of leaving it all behind, I wondered why we need a place in the mountains for this kind of peace. continue reading here
The Secret of Happiness – Alan Watts
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| The Secret of Happiness – Alan Watts |
Zen Buddhism on Meditation Movie
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| Zen Buddhism on Meditation Movie |
And if you want to learn a little bit more about meditation visit MeditationSpirituality
Smile, breathe, and go slowly!
Dieter Langenecker
As we move from winters to spring and from spring to summers, I sit down to memorise the life lessons learnt during all the seasons of my life passed, to be used in the present and future .A recollection of these lessons I share with you here will provide you with a platform to start the journey of self development and improvement with me and some great ideas to ponder about. As you read along the list of suggestions and my life lessons, I hope you, too, would be on fire with focus, passion and outright excellence. 
