Rob Tourtelot
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Rob Tourtelot
đ¨âđŤ Guest Masterclass: Expanding Your Awareness for Easeful Living w/ Michael Ashcroft
youtube.comWhatâs working, and how can we do more of it?â Sounds simple, doesnât it? Yet, in the real world, this obvious question is almost never asked. Instead, the question we ask is more problem focused: âWhatâs broken, and how do we fix it?
Dan Heath ⢠Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Can you find where this moment comes from or where it goes home to?
John Tarrant ⢠Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
We need to let it go, let our life flow through our hands like a river and not try to grab some piece of it and hold on to it. Just to be present with it and find out how to express our vow in this moment, in this circumstance, right where we are right now, instead of trying to figure out how to make it the way we want so that itâll be just what we
... See moreZenju Earthlyn Manuel ⢠Seeds for a Boundless Life: Zen Teachings from the Heart
Recently, one of my private meditation students asked me, âWhat do you feel like when you meditate?â Right away I said, âOrdinary. Beautifully ordinary.â
"For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them."
â Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace
It is as if we lived in a world where only diamonds could be used to put out a fire. In this alternate universe, fires are easy to start and break out everywhere, but water, which is as common there as here, wonât put them out. Only diamonds, which are just as rare as on Earth, will put out a fire. Only a very few unique individuals are capable of
... See moreBarry Magid ⢠Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
What can we do when we are forced to face death? Do we continue ignoring it or do we weave it into our understanding, possibly creating a more nuanced appreciation for both the fleetingness of life and its interconnected nature? I find that it is this very activity that can arm us with the tools needed to continue living in a world that no longer... See more
Veronica Menaldi ⢠After mom died, I found great comfort in a medieval Andalusian tale | Psyche Ideas
We often disapprove of parts of our lives without really examining themâitâs like never going into certain rooms of your house. But meditation allows all the voices and all the images into the room. When we open the invisible doors, we can come to rest in the life we have; we can love it as it is instead of waiting for a shinier version. Every day
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