At the height of a recent crisis a few months ago, our friend Chris Eldredge send me this note: I’ve been reading Jack Kornfield’s “A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life” and saw this. I thought it might interest you. ( I changed a bit of the wording where…
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(Video link HERE.) In this curious performance piece, famed Muppet-of-few-words Cookie Monster tours New York City museums as he shares thoughts about food that seem like…zen koans, succinct paradoxical statements to be used as meditations…
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The amazing Michael Grab is a master at balancing stones a practice that can be done by anyone, just about anywhere. It is practice that is amazingly absorbing and…balancing.
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(Video link HERE.) A few days ago, we wrote a post asking ourselves just how we view the universe we live in: friend or foe. We’ve come to realize that there are so many dark things going on in the news and our world, not to mention our own internal fears, that viewing the universe…
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One of the benefits of meditation is that it quiets the mind, allowing us to hear “the still small voice within”. Recently, our friend Chris Eldredge reported a surprising message that came through at the end of his morning meditation He said the vibe was simple, nonjudgmental, clear… Ha!
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Everyone we know needs a “clear space” they can retreat to to STOP, take a break from busy life, a breath or a shift of view, even just for a few moments. Although we LOVE having a clear space right in our Laboratory —the bedroom with the pink wall is just that, no media, just…
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We were struck by this passage from Eliza Griswold’s New York Times review of A House in the Sky: A Memoir, Amanda Lindhout’s heart-wrenching story of being kidnapped and held for 460 days in Somalia: To withstand her anguish, she recited a catalog of the small gifts for which she was grateful: “my family at…
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(Video link here will take you to exactly the right point.) We love Fred Rogers’ —the famed Mister Rogers’ — perfect, illuminating acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Rogers presents a simple 10-second practice that will shift your view, and provide you with a tool you can carry around throughout…
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In a recent New Yorker Talk of the Town, we came across this surprising image: a Japanese ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi made in 1842 (from a show at the Japan Society). It’s called “Haysuhana Prays Under a Waterfall”. The idea knocked us out: of praying, meditating, thinking… just plain sitting… under a waterfall, for a…
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