Spirituality

Man holding and selflessly loving a baby

Tonglen (Cultivating Selfless Love and Compassion)

There is a traditional Buddhist Practice called Tonglen. You may know it by its English name – “Giving and Taking” or, “Sending and Receiving.” Its aim is the cultivation of selfless love and...

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Mar21

Awareness

Awareness can neither be perceived by the senses nor known by thought. It is the ever-present basis of all we experience, our fundamental nature. Experiencing your natural, unaltered, and simple...

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Mar06

Man laying in field experiencing calm still mind

Calm Mind or Still Mind

We've all experienced cultivated situations of harmony that slows and calms mind, body, and spirit. There is also a very different inner stillness that comes from uncultivated experiences, evoking...

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Feb23

Meditation: Relaxation or Awakening

Human Flourishing is the realization of our innate potential for an enduring happiness, optimal well-being, expansive consciousness, and effortless serenity. I used the word realization because these...

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Oct30

Enduring Happiness

Achieving genuine and lasting happiness can be said to be a central goal of human life. But if we so strongly desire happiness why are our lives so often filled with stress, distress, and overt...

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Oct30

Touching Life in Silence

There is life, and there are thoughts about life. If we see our thoughts as thoughts, we don’t become our thoughts; we recognize that we are different from our thoughts. Silence is the recognition...

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Oct29

A Precious Life

Elliott Dacher MD

Humans are endowed with the seed of a potentially very precious, happy, and meaningful life. We possess the ability to know and unite with the very nature of our being. We can gain freedom from suffering and prosper in our own lives and in...

Oct01

7 Strategies for Empaths to Heal Trauma & PTSD

Dr. Judith Orloff MD

Empaths and sensitive people often experience some level of post-traumatic stress. This is, in part, because they’re on sensory overload for so many years their systems are flooded with adrenaline. Other reasons include early neglect, abuse, or...

Reflection - You are not who you think you are

Jun12

Do Not Believe You Are Who You Think You Are

Elliott Dacher MD

You are the imperishable, unchanging, timeless, and nameless essence of being. That experiential truth, however simple when touched, is unreachable by reason, knowledge, or the efforts of our ordinary “I.” It is thickly obscured by the deeply...

Woman laying on floor developing her spiritual self

Jun12

The Illusion of Self Development

Elliott Dacher MD

If you are fortunate, there will come a time when your attention turns inward. That turn will likely place you on one of two possible paths. The first, the one commonly taken, is the time-based path of self-development and self-improvement. This...

Jun12

Are You Willing to Choose Peace?

Kate Eckman

Are you willing to choose peace? If you want love, choose to be in love, starting with yourself. I believe if peace and love are what we truly want, we will choose peace and love.

Woman with light on her face - Intuitively Making Smart Decisions

Jun12

How to Intuitively Make Smart Decisions

Dr. Judith Orloff MD

(Adapted from Dr. Judith Orloff’s “Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength, and Love”) As an intuitive psychiatrist I worship my high-octane intuitions: I owe the...