In the years that I have practiced meditation I have met a lot of long time practitioners who, even after all these years, still struggle with psychological problems. Also with myself I noticed that meditation itself didn’t clear up all the points in my life where I got stuck. Often we need something extra next [...]
The good news is that we can always stop with what we’re doing and become aware of what is happening, that is the good news.
In mindfulness meditation the quality with which we deal with our minds is very important. A strong metaphor is the view of a king (or queen of course) who beholds his or her land. We are not talking about an arrogant view, but about a compassionate view, yet with the sharpness and intelligence a king [...]
Metta practice is a very powerful Buddhistic practice which is more and more adopted by the mindfulness ‘movement’. It starts by wishing ourselves happiness and cultivating a feeling of unconditional friendship towards ourselves. Then we widen the circle and start including other people in this unconditional friendship and wish for them to become happy as [...]
I don’t believe in idiot compassion
I don’t believe in military harshness either
I believe in wisdom
I believe in wakeful love
I believe in the wisdom that ever sharpens itself
I believe in the middle path
Humor, kindness, genuineness & fearlessness
These are the true qualities of a warrior
Why is it so hard for us to be kind to ourselves? Why is it is so hard to learn to relax? To not force ourselves to do all kinds of stuff when we come home from a hard day of working, but instead just relax for a while and do nothing. Why have we [...]
When you are under extreme stress in your life I think it’s better not to meditate at that point. Instead I think it is better to apply the most basic form of just being. You can do this by just lying on your couch or your bed or sitting on a chair, but trying not [...]