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The qualities of a warrior
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
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
The Pause
Monday, September 5th, 2011
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 [...]
Burnout
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
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 [...]
Work as meditation
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Often we consider work as a must, some people even consider it as a necessary evil. But we can flip this attitude and see what we can actually gain from it. Work can be a great source of practice. Often it offers us the opportunity to help people, even if you sell popcorn. Also [...]
How to write a song
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
If you are an artist (amateur of professional) you might know how hard it is sometimes to get to that point of creativity. This creativity does not come out of thought usually, the inspiration always comes first, the thought comes after that. But where does that come from? i believe it comes from that point [...]
Guilt
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
It is always hard when someone accuses you of having done something wrong. Our minds tend to have very strong automatic reactions to it usually. Basically there are a couple of reactions we can have. There is the aggressive one, which can be either internally of externally focused, meaning that because of the accusation we [...]
The Rewire
Friday, June 24th, 2011
The interesting thing about mindfulness is that when we in any way try to manipulate our thoughts and sensations into a certain state, it doesn’t work. Only from the moment on when we can really be with ourselves, without trying to change ourselves, healing occurs. Somehow this is the most healthy way to relate to [...]
The poison and the antidote
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
In mindfulness meditation many qualities are cultivated, such as concentration, sharpness and gentleness. Depending on our personalities and the qualities that we already embody, we might have to focus a bit more on some qualities in order to create balance between all of them. For instance when you have a tendency to be harsh on [...]