Category: Spirituality
Orlando Brown’s Recovery Story
Orlando Brown fans are rallying around him in support after learning he has recently overcome a battle with drug addiction. Read More
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Meditation
Do you have any problems? Then meditation may not be the right thing for you. That might seem to be the message that’s emerging from some sources that are pushing back against the increasing popularity of meditation over the last decade or more, especially under the banner of “mindfulness,” which has become a buzzword in spiritual and therapeutic circles. Read More
Be What You Love: Create Your Own Meditations Part 2
Nonetheless, having a few hints and suggestions to try out does no harm. So I want to offer here some ideas that I’ve found useful—not so much to say “do this” as “try something like this,” in your own way. Read More
Be What You Love: Create Your Own Meditations Part 1
For at least 2,500 years, there was general agreement in spiritual circles around the world that some form of meditation was the best, quickest, most powerful way to deepen and transform the mind and gain access to the wiser, more real self within. Read More
ENOUGH! Can We Choose to Break Our Addictions? Part 2
We all have addictions, big or little…. We might, for example, be addicted to our own point of view, causing unnecessary harm through bigotry or hypocrisy. We might be addicted to coming in first, or never trying because it is all too hard. We might be addicted to getting people to say nice things about us, or making them angry with us so we can blame them for our misery…. In the end, we are addicted to our own self-pity. Read More
ENOUGH! Can We Choose to Break Our Addictions? Part 1
One of the main points about Buddhist teachings is that we can change our minds for the better. “Better” … means being in balance…. It means we accept the world for what it is and ourselves for what we are…. It means we give up the blame game…. It means accepting the things we cannot change and doing something about the things we can change, whether…inside our heads or outside in our homes and environment. Read More
Is DBT a Breakthrough in Recovery Treatment?
Building bridges between the different aspects of our human nature has been something of a passion of mine. Read More
Is Addiction a Spiritual Problem?
A wise friend of mine always said that what we experience in life is more important than what we believe, because it’s experience that actually gets into our bodies and makes us who we are… Read More
Meditation Tips for Beginners
In this clip, Gary Boucher, our resident spirituality blogger, walks beginners to meditation through a quick tip in how to better focus during meditation. Read More
Tips for Great Meditation
Over the past month or so, I had the wonderful experience of leading a three-part meditation series on Zoom, courtesy of Soberocity. Read More
Sitting like a Mountain: Building Your Inner Foundation
I’d like to start this new blog in this New Year by asking you to visualize something. Imagine that you’re entering a meditation hall in a beautiful retreat center in the type of place in nature you love: by the ocean, in the mountains, or the forest; even on the moon, with a breathtaking view of the Earth through enormous windows. Read More