I had the pleasure of attending a workshop by leader and spiritual teacher, Adyashanti at the local bookshop. He had presence, and displayed both a playful and energetic being. One of his point that has stuck with me is the idea that “before we can answer the question of who am I really, we must be able to acknowledge that …
I had the pleasure of reading an article on https://www.budgetsaresexy.com/ that shared a glimpse of the schedule that Benjamin Franklin supposedly followed. What caught my attention was how simple, yet effective the routine looks. Benjamin labels the following allocations “Scheme”. Between 5 – 8 am, he rises, starts the day with “Powerful Goodness”, and asks the question “What good shall …
The core of visualization is creativity. It’s a game of using your (in some cases) dormant or (in many cases) ever present imagination. Visualization comes from a person’s ability to begin to align their physical, emotional, and mental faculties toward the same direction. Physically: What if I were to ask you to imagine for a second, the memory of a …
There’s a saying that without goals, we’ll forever be letting ourselves be bystanders to our circumstances. In other words, letting ourselves get pushed around by the whims of our parents, society, friends, nature, and whatever else that can influence our life. With goals, we can still leverage and acknowledge our trusted confidants, but the choices, directions, and momentum lie entirely …
I had the peculiar experience being in the same proximity of two people that are engaged in a romantic relationship. I find it absolutely beautiful, both intellectually, and emotionally to see two souls agree with one another to go on the same journey for the forseeable future. In the case of my experience observing, and participating in the interactions, I …
In the U.S. many of us have this concept that feeling good is when we’re sitting on the coach with a cup of wine or pint of beer, and relaxing. Feeling good cannot happen when we’re at work, in front of the computer, and systematically entering into and out of meetings. Now, what exactly is “feeling good” ? Science literature …
Courage is not the absence of fear, it is moving forward in the face of fear. I read this line in a book, and it just wow-ed me. I had to regroup my thoughts. Initially, what I had in my head was “courage is the absence of fear”. Often times we think that being courageous or having courage is some …
We’ve most all heard the definition of extraversion as “receiving energy from others” and introversion as “receiving energy from oneself”. A few personality quizzes also expunge that a person can fall on either side, often a binary number. You are either an introvert or an extravert. I’d argue that while that is true, humans don’t always fall into a dualistic …
What is the most basic sound if not a word? And that word is the heart. Often, we aren’t paying attention to the hard, yet somewhat subtle beat of our primary body part, the heart. It’s a ba-dump, a beat in two, and a resounding pulse that is always there. Music, has the power to resonate with our souls. What …
I’m sitting here in Beit Haamudim, in the hustle and bustle of Tel Aviv. The weekend street fair is in full swing (no pun in intended). The smells of a close by market and the candy stall man calling out prices, fills the air. Nestled into a small corner of a building with an outdoor café that hides the interior …
