Meditation, Emotional Healing, and Spiritual Awakening from Tara Brach, PhD – Psychologist, Author, and Meditation Teacher. Source: The RAIN of Forgiveness – Tara Brach
The RAIN of Forgiveness via @TaraBrach
How I Stopped Worrying About Running Out of Time to Achieve My Goals
My fear of wasting time took away the only real time that existed, the now. When I stopped worrying about goals, I finally started living. Source: How I Stopped Worrying About Running Out of Time to Achieve My Goals – Tiny Buddha
Upgrade Your Mindset
Learn to accept the realities of life with ancient wisdom. Source: Upgrade Your Mindset
Engaging in religious practice, even if you don’t believe, may increase your capacity to delay gratification
New research finds when non-believers engage in Buddhist practices, they experience an increase in their capacity for patience. In a five-part study, published the European Journal of Social Psychology, non-believers visited a Buddhist temple or chanted, then completed an assessment of self-control. Source: Engaging in religious practice, even if you don’t believe, may increase your capacity to delay gratification
Inspired Resolutions via @JordanFScotti
Creating meaningful, lasting change in the new year. Source: Inspired Resolutions
The Happy Overlap Between Stoicism and Buddhism via @JordanFScotti
These happiness tips have stood the test of time. Source: The Happy Overlap Between Stoicism and Buddhism
8 Ways to Live More Fully in 2023
Finding greater joy, peace, and wonder by turning inward instead of outward. Source: 8 Ways to Live More Fully in 2023
Cultivating Inner Strength; a Conversation with Tara Brach and Lori Deschene
I have followed both of these women for almost a decade; Tara Brach is of course one of the most respected western teacher of eastern thought and Lori Deschene is the chief creative at the site Tiny Buddha. It’s fun to listen in on their conversation.
100 years of Hermann Hesse’s ‘Siddhartha’
A book that changed the trajectory of my life is now 100 years old! “When the novel about an Indian man’s spiritual journey was first published, it barely created a ripple. Decades later, it inspired millions to embark on a voyage of self-discovery.” Source: https://www.dw.com/en/100-years-of-hermann-hesses-siddhartha/a-63113218?maca=en-GK-Inoreader-Culture-21643-xml-media
How to Break Free from the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Catherine Burns, artistic director at The Moth, shares what she has learned about the art of storytelling. Source: How to Break Free from the Stories We Tell Ourselves
What Is Stoicism? A Definition & 9 Stoic Exercises To Get You Started
For those of us who live our lives in the real world, there is one branch of philosophy created just for us: Stoicism. It’s a philosophy designed to make us more resilient, happier, more virtuous and more wise–and as a result, better people, better parents and better professionals. Source: What Is Stoicism? A Definition & 9 Stoic Exercises To Get You Started
Want to go deeper? Check out this summary of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations…
Brian Johnson offer’s a great overview here but you have to create a free account…
We Worry About Problems We Don’t Even Have
Two people attend a house party, where they socialize with the same guests, drink from the same beer tap, and are exposed to the same music and atmosphere. They decide to share a taxi and drive home when the party is over as they live closely together. “That party really sucked,” one person says. “The beer was terrible, the DJ was really bad, and the guests were insufferable.” Then the other person says smiling joyfully: “Really? I just had the best party in years. It was awesome.”
The Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love
“When you love someone, the best thing you can offer that person is your presence.” Read more here: The Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love
How to Make the Most of Your 24 Hours via @zenhabits
Leo Babauta writes ‘so many of us feel a scarcity of time: we feel rushed, like there’s not enough time to do everything, always behind, never feeling like we’re doing enough. This problem is called “time scarcity,” and it’s one of the most common stresses in our society. So how do we deal with this?’ Continue reading: How to Make the Most of Your 24 Hours – zen habits
Committing to Joy via @TaraBrach
What makes joy rare? How do we awaken this beautiful capacity to embrace life? In this talk Tara explores the obstacles to joy and the attitude and practices that free us to “love what is.”
Awakening from the Trance of Unworthiness: An interview with @TaraBrach and Dr. Mark Hyman
Our healing and freedom unfolds as we bring radical acceptance—a mindful, allowing presence—to our moments. This interview looks at how we wake up out of the stories that keep us in fear and self-doubt, and discover a true intimacy with ourselves and our world.
Tara Brach
Facing the Truths That Keep Us from Love via @tarabrach
We look at the often unexamined societal conditioning that, when unseen, perpetuates caste systems that harm ourselves and all involved. Source: Facing the Truths That Keep Us from Love
10 Intentions To Set For Your Most Authentic Life
Intentions are the fuel for manifesting your goals and visions: 10 Intentions To Set For Your Most Authentic Life
Realizing Your Deepest Desires, with @TaraBrach
The Buddha taught that this whole life – including our thoughts, feelings and actions – arise from the tip of intention. While our intentions are usually marbled with wanting and fear, when intention comes into the light of consciousness, it unfolds into its most pure essence. This talk explores ways that when we are stuck in reactivity, we can become aware of intention, and find our way to the aspiration that expresses our most awake and loving heart.
“If we really look at our decision-making and how we move through a day it’s based on feelings so then the question is what domain of feelings are we operating off the fight flight freeze fear and grasping or is it from what is considered the purity that’s underneath which is really our deepest aspiration?”
Bright, shiny objects! 
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