Reality Is a Book; Experience Is Just a Sentence
Reality is a book, and experience is a sentence. From my wonderful conversation this week w/ @nireyal—> https://t.co/FCPUJH0VhL
Perspective Shapes Reality: Choose Your View of Life
If you watch the movie Jaws backwards, it becomes a heart-warming story about a shark generously returning limbs to people with disabilities. A reminder that much of how we experience life depends on the perspective we choose. How do you choose to...
Barry Lopez Reveals Cure for Loneliness and Life’s Three Tenets
Barry Lopez on the cure for our existential loneliness and the 3 tenets of a full life https://t.co/xiziNeKuc5
Space Perspective: Astronaut's Remedy for Global Despair
How to feel whole in a broken world – an astronaut's antidote to despair https://t.co/ag0U9xOxOx
Seeing God as Father: Hopeful Faith
I pray I always believe the entity that created everything on this earth is my Dad and I’ll get to see Him one day
Experiences Shape Identity More Than Immediate Enjoyment
I find this insightful and have been thinking about the same trend for a while. People do many things in life to “become more interesting” rather than for the direct experience or benefit. Many people have lost their sense of...
Embracing Uncertainty Is the Courage to Love Everything
George Saunders's disarmingly wonderful meditation on the courage of uncertainty, which is the courage to love the world: https://t.co/MmkRMjpy6q
Cosmic Perspective Turns Problems Trivial, Sparks Grand Aspirations
It's amazing what happens to my mind when I read about the universe. I love how it makes all of my problems seem trivial and elevates my aspirations to unimaginable things.
Exploring Science, Consciousness, and Personal Values at UC Irvine
I look forward to talking in person on “What matters to me and why” at noon on March 31 at the campus of UC Irvine, Humanities Gateway 1030. There will be time for questions and answers. I will discuss science...
Gratitude Turns Joy Into Fulfillment, Not Empty Spending
Leave with this --> Enjoyment without gratitude is a coin spent twice—once in the taking, and again in the emptiness that follows.
Your Resistance Mirrors Others' Refusal to Change
My guest today, David, is furious at his friend B because, despite his large investment of time and energy, she refuses to change. What more can he do? As he dives into this powerful Work, he uncovers the ways he...
Heal Adult Emotions by Reconnecting with Your Inner Child
How to reconnect with your inner child: https://t.co/S39Ilwztfu The experiences you had as a child influence your emotional life as an adult. Recognising these dynamics can be healing. New Psyche Guide by psychotherapist Nickan Arzpeyma
Pray Everything, Live Briefly, Seek a Meaningful Legacy
In this little life of ours, for the few days God has allowed us to live, pray about anything and everything. Tell it all to God, you are safer that way. We will all leave this earth someday, but when you...
Quiet Mind, Joyful Soul: The Gift of Meditation
There is so much noise in the world, we don't realize how much our mind craves some quiet until we actually sit down to meditate. Meditation is the gift we give our mind. It's a break from the noise. The...
Kerouac’s Letter: Kindness Reveals Heaven Within
"Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now." On Jack Kerouac's birthday, his beautiful letter to his first wife turned lifelong friend about kindness and the illusion of the self https://t.co/ZprJn5qWi8
True Devotion Means Losing Self in Life's Absolute Involvement
Devotion is when your involvement with life is so absolute that you yourself do not matter anymore. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/zDrh9LohRe
Discipline vs Compulsion: Jim Collins Redefines Self‑Control
“I always thought of myself as an incredibly disciplined person. I finally came to the conclusion I’m really not very disciplined. I am somewhat, but if you just can’t stop yourself, that’s not discipline. It’s compulsion.” — Jim Collins Listen to my...
Write Your Why Three Times to Defuse Anxiety
Whenever upset or anxious, ask “why” at least three times and put the answers down on paper. Describing these doubts in writing reduces their impact twofold. First, it’s often the ambiguous nature of self-doubt that hurts most. Defining and exploring...
Swap Judgment for Curiosity for a Day
See how often you judge someone or something as good or bad, right or wrong. Replace judgement with curiosity for one day. https://t.co/NuHi0WGXO6
Seasonal Haiku Paintings Hope War Passes Quickly
When the war began, I began a practice called Haiku Paintings, small paintings of the 4 seasons: Spring Summer Fall Winter. Haikus have a season word, reminding us tht things arise + pass from us. I want to see this...
Life Unfolds Gradually, Layer by Layer
In The Making - A Poem to Growing Tree: perhaps even here the in-between you feel has a place: the way you remain here,�roots deep in the ground,�with branches reaching toward the sky,�is already the making of a life�where what is next begins...
You Can Choose to Be Wonderful Right Now
No matter what you did yesterday, in this moment you can be a wonderful human being if you want to. Existence has given you this Freedom. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/Gp3uwOi7CU
Explore Your Seven Identity Layers with Amelie Rorty
How are you tending to each of your 7 layers of identity? Philosopher Amelie Rorty on what makes a person, in literature and life: https://t.co/4h169UOgbR
Stoic Live Tour Returns to Australia & New Zealand
Australia & New Zealand — I’m coming back. This October, I’ll be returning for a 5-city tour to talk about Stoicism, discipline, leadership, and the lessons that have helped so many people around the world live a better life. Whether you’ve...
Le Guin: Menopause Signals Rebirth, Elders Empower Society
Ursula K. Le Guin on change, menopause as rebirth, and the civilizational value of elders https://t.co/F7JRCwG833
Multiple Truths Can Coexist—Pick Your Current Resonance
All of these can be TRUE at the same time. Which hits home for you the most right now?
George Saunders: 3 Antidotes to Suffering Through Kindness
How to be an instrument of kindness in a harsh world – George Saunders on unthinking the mind, unstorying the self, and the 3 antidotes to your suffering https://t.co/DUCgC3JHbu
Awakening Heightens Sensitivity to Draining Family Energy
After spiritual awakening, you don’t just gain awareness. You gain sensitivity to energy that drains you. And yes, sometimes that energy belongs to the people who raised you. Here’s why that happens:
Poetic Meditations on Time, Love, and Wonder
This week oasis of small sanities, in one place – Pablo Neruda on how to hold time; the figments of love and the hallucinations of reason; the aurora borealis and the polar expedition saved by wonder: https://t.co/lvthiGXFPS https://t.co/SGPhzPIJb2
Beyond Us & Them: Science of Compassion
How do we stay grounded in the heart when the world feels more divided than ever? Join the globalcompassioncoalition for a profound conversation between teacher Tara Brach and scholar Paul Gilbert, chaired by Rick Hanson. Together, they explore the biology...
Reality vs Perception: From Zeno to Borges
Superb read on the endless tug-of-war between human nature and the nature of reality, from Zeno's paradox to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle to Borges's mirror https://t.co/jNaaCY1w60
Sincere Questions Break Habitual Thought, Reveal True Awareness
This week's talk is available now at www.tarabrach.com! 💕 How can the simple act of asking a sincere question awaken us from the trance of our habitual thinking? In this talk, Tara explores the transformative power of spiritual inquiry—a practice that...
True Self Lies Directly Within—No Path Required
‘The Pathless Path is the apparent journey you take from the person you seem to be to that which you truly are. In fact, there is no distance between the person you seem to be and that which you truly...
Embrace Negative Emotions, Learn to Manage, Not Suppress
Negative emotions are not evidence that something is broken in you. They are part of being alive. And the goal is not to eliminate them, but to manage them so they do not manage you.
Live Zoom Sessions: Practice The Work with Byron Katie
Join me live on Zoom starting at 9 a.m. Pacific Time every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Bring your questions, filled-in Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheets, and an open mind. xoxo bk Register: athomewithbyronkatie.com theworkofbyronkatie #byronkatie #mindset #mindsetshift #selfhelp #relationshiphelp #selfinquiry #selfwork #healingjourney #selflovejourney #mindfulness...
Love All, Not Just Those You Like
‘You are not called to like everyone; liking depends on temperament and conditioning. You are called to love everyone, because you already share your being with everyone.’ In this video dialogue with Jeronimo at his first retreat, we explore what...
Turn Suffering Into Life’s Meaningful Knowledge
If you know what your suffering means, and how to use it, it will become a precious source of knowledge about the meaning of your life. Accepting this means fighting your every survival instinct. Source: Chapter 9, “Don’t Waste Your Suffering,”...