Cut the Nonessential, Gain Time and Tranquility
"Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, "Is this necessary?" -Marcus Aurelius
A Child's Prayer: Love over Hate After Terror
Willa, my godchild, was three, and lived 2 blocks from the WTC on Sept 11, 2001. She was 7 years old at the time of the London metro bombing. On being told about the London terrorism, her eyes filled with...
Mental Pain Originates Within, Not From Others
No one can cause mental pain to you. It is caused by you and no one else but you, in reaction to something that happens around you. #SadhguruWisdom https://t.co/X7sW7kg8Ii
Diane Ackerman Explores Intimacy Within the Infinite
A Cosmic Pastoral – poet Diane Ackerman on the intimate in the infinite and the responsibility of rapture https://t.co/evvyU595DA
Finding Abundant Peace Through 90-Day Divine Alignment
I think God is about to have me take us through another Alignment Journey….. If you do not know and you would have no reason to know this. But I have written a book called 90 Day Transformation. And it’s...
Live Faith Boldly: Words and Actions Matter
Another beautiful Bible study in the books with these incredible women tonight 🤍✨ We spent time in the book of James, diving into what it truly means to have real, active faith and how powerful our words can be....
7 Steps to Find Meaning, Inspired by Emerson
Millions of talented young people are unable to find meaning. Here are 7 Steps to rebel against this from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Want to read more? Comment TMOYL below for the direct link.
Release the Gap: Reconnect with the World
We may learn how to let go of thoughts and emotions, but eventually we realize the real challenge is letting go of the space we’ve created between ourselves and the world.
Choosing Love in the Present Moment
Is it possible to choose to love in this moment? #tarabrach #mindfulness #meditation #compassion #lovingkindness
Find Peace by Uncovering the Soul Beneath Self
Hermann Hesse on discovering the soul beneath the self and the key to finding peace https://t.co/MHf65dkISe
Life's Flow: Never the Same River, Never Same Self
“No man ever steps in the same river twice; it is not the same river, and he is not the same man.” ~Heraclitus
Rumi’s Remedy: Choose Love Over Indifference
The art of choosing love over not-love – on Rumi's immortal antidote to our human tragedy https://t.co/yXGVYxGBdE
Awe Walks Transform Mood and Social Connection
The new Huberman Lab episode is out: Cultivating Awe & Emotional Connection in Daily Life | Dr. Dacher Keltner 0:00 Dr Dachner Keltner 0:01:55 Emotions, Awe; Facial Expressions & Culture 0:08:11 Sponsors: Joovv & Helix Sleep 0:11:05 Emotion, Motor Movement & Language 0:15:36 Measuring Emotion;...
Our Perception Mirrors Ourselves, Not Reality
“We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin
Pain Happens, Choose How You Respond; Embrace Others' Differences
Two thoughts from Haruki Murakami “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” “You don’t have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.”
Earnestness Over Compromise: Fully Own Your Actions
"There is no such thing as compromise in Yoga. If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues - the earnest saint. It is the mixing up the...
Post‑psychedelic Journey Reveals Unnamed Inner Home
Something happened in the past six months post psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT that I can't fully explain. The brain data helps but doesn't complete the picture. Feels like a home I didn't know I was looking for. I'm trying to figure...
Survival Identity Blocks Questioning Death’s Value
The strongest case against me is that I've built an identity around not dying so completely that I can no longer evaluate evidence that dying might be acceptable. If survival is the only framework, I have no way to test...
Unlock Unprecedented Depth in Your Meditation Practice
How to go deeper than ever in Meditation. Have you tried this approach? If so, drop a 🧘🏽♂️
Unwitting Manifestation: My Luck Was Actually Paulie's Power
just found out i’ve been “manifesting” but didn’t know it, just been calling it “paulie’s luck”
Know When to Push Limits, When to Let Go
Sometimes it can be very hard to know whether I should push myself out of my comfort zone and persist in endeavors that seem uncomfortable and difficult, and when I should accept, “Hey, that’s not me, that’s not my thing,”...
Havel's Prison Letter Teaches Embracing Your Greatest Failure
Vaclav Havel, writing from prison, on how to live with your greatest failure — one of the most extraordinary letters I have ever read https://t.co/OgrD5Uff8C
Choose to See Everything as a Miracle
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. —Albert Einstein (Lake Wanaka, New Zealand) https://t.co/45nYWylK98
Sister of the James Brothers' Dying Wisdom on Living Fully
William and Henry James had a sister, Alice, at least as brilliant as her brothers. When she was dying from a mysterious malady, she wrote stunningly about how to live fully: https://t.co/oliNlRIW1C
True Transformation Begins From Within, Not External Forces
“If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. If broken by an inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from the inside.”
Stop Crawling, Start Soaring with Your Wings
You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. —Rumi https://t.co/QkqUpfDxkr
Walking Reveals Priorities and Success Better than Mentors
A long walk will reveal more about what's important to you and your success than any mentor.
Stop Seeking Approval, Unlock Your Full Potential
I wish I could tell my younger self how much better life gets when you stop living for the approval of others. You realize you were living at 10% of full power and suddenly unlocked that other 90%. The gray...
Embrace Uncomfortable Feelings to Find True Okayness
That thing you're avoiding — the emotion, the conversation, the reality you don't want to face — it's not going anywhere. And often, the more you try to ignore it, the louder it can get. The real route to okayness...
Quiet Sitting Fuels Poetry and Whole‑Human Growth
"Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill — more of each than you have — inspiration, work, growing older, patience..." Wendell Berry on how to be a poet and a complete human being https://t.co/xIliScl7Fl
Earth: Our Oasis Spaceship in the Cosmic Void
"You're on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe. In all of this emptiness ... you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together." Sethian Gnostics,...
Gardening Becomes a Journey of Self‑Discovery
The art of befriending time and change – @debbiemillman's lovely illustrated love letter to gardening as a portal to self-discovery https://t.co/vMIBqBoAtt
Moss Reveals the Power of Attentiveness Across Scales
The magic of moss and what it teaches us about the art of attentiveness to life at all scales https://t.co/n1O9vGnzhI
Prioritize Eulogy Virtues Over Résumé Skills for True Fulfillment
“It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at...
Listen to Your Body: Mindfulness Reveals Hidden Signals
Ever think one thing but your body is telling you something else? In #mindfulness #meditation training, we focus quite a bit on the body. The realization is this- the body has a lot to say, if we slow down long enough...
Train Optimism in 10 Minutes with Best‑Possible‑Self
Optimism isn't something you're born with. It's trainable. This exercise shows you how: The Best Possible Self exercise takes 10 minutes. Used by psychologists worldwide. Proven in 29+ studies with nearly 3,000 participants. Here's how it works: 1️⃣ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 1: Set a timer for...
Purpose Lies in Others' Growth, Not Your Actions
I think about purpose all the time and this has completely reframed its meaning for me in the most positive way…. “Your purpose is not the thing you do. It is the thing that happens in others when you do what...
Self‑Love Burns Like Hot Iron, Love Others Escapes
I get blown away every time I read this paragraph by Carl Jung: To love someone else is easy, but to love what you are, the thing that is yourself, is just as if you were embracing a glowing red-hot iron:...
Only Share Your Sweetest Side when Meeting Others
When you meet someone, only the sweetest part of you should touch them. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/CqkKmrVF9X
Only People Remain When Possessions Fade Away
We came with nothing, and we leave with nothing you can’t take anything with you, only people. 🙏 ✝️🤍 https://t.co/3npEXk1irH
Flip the Script: Silence Limiting Inner Voice, Choose Growth
It’s time you flip the script, challenge that inner voice that is limiting you, and choose growth. 🙏
Preserve Peace: Let Others Be Wrong on Trivialities
If you want to protect your inner peace, let people be wrong. Especially if it’s about something minor.
Christ’s Painful Sacrifice Offers Hope, Love, Forgiveness
The first Good Friday appeared to be a total fail... Nailed to a cross, stabbed, spit on, a crown of thorns, jeered and laughed at by the people, ridiculed and mocked by gov & religious leaders. But it was the ultimate sacrifice...
Delight as Resistance: Berry’s Path to Sanity
The measure of a rich life – Wendell Berry on delight as a force of resistance and the key to felicitous sanity during hardship https://t.co/F1GzTNXgcR
One Solitary Life Outweighs All Empires and Armies
"All the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth...
Psilocybin Study Shows Science Amplifies Spiritual Experience
In 1962, Harvard researchers gave psilocybin to theology students during a Good Friday service at Marsh Chapel. Many participants described it as one of the most meaningful spiritual experiences of their lives. Science didn’t diminish spirituality. It amplified it. Wishing you all a...
Happiness Grows, Yet Meaningfulness Remains Elusive Through Ages
On happiness and meaningfulness: Overall, across the world, there’s reason to believe that happiness has increased, for obvious reasons: people are living longer, they’re less poor, they’re better educated, and so on. So that would suggest, but not prove, that...
Seeing Earth From Space Reveals Our Shared Fragility
This is called the Overview Effect - the profound feeling when we view Earth from space, often described as a sudden sense of the planet’s fragility, interconnectedness, and the absurdity of political borders. We need more of that…. Maybe this...
Future You: Gratitude or Disappointment Depends on Today
If you met yourself 5 years from now, would they thank you or be disappointed?
Jesus' Sacrifice Heals Every Broken Heart
Good morning and Good Friday ✝️ “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are all healed." -Isaiah 53:5 His suffering was for...