Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s here it’s there! Love and Suffering: A Spiritual Guide for Helpers, Healers, and Humans gets released today. That means anyone who pre-ordered the paperback will see the book in their mailbox very soon, and it is now available for ebook ordering (Amazon doesn’t allow pre-orders of ebooks, so now you can finally order one […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are just two weeks away from the release of Love and Suffering, and I’m continuing my weekly blog posts that expand upon themes in the book. Even though the book is more than 250 pages, there is still so much more that I wanted to include. In fact, during the editing process, I shaved
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Reading Time: 6 minutesIn the introduction to my upcoming book, Love and Suffering: A Spiritual Guide for Helpers, Healers, and Humans, I tell the story of the incredible princess Miao Shan, who became the Boddhisattva of Compassion, Quan Yin. Also known as Avalokiteśvara and described as “The One Who Hears the Cries of the World,” she is often
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Reading Time: 4 minutesI haven’t published a blog post in several months, because all of my writing has been devoted to my latest manuscript. I’m super excited about the prospect of publishing it because it covers how important love and suffering are to our personal growth and spiritual transformation. The book covers many aspects of both science and
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Reading Time: 4 minutesNowadays, you can find yoga just about everywhere in every corner of the globe, including at gyms, studios, corporate offices, festivals, and more. Alongside kundalini, hatha, Iyengar and vinyasa, you can find disco, goat, and stand-up paddleboard yoga. Much of this modern yoga is the same: specific postures with rhythmic or coordinated breathing. The word
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Reading Time: 4 minutesDespite the ineffability of the mystical experience, those that have seen the Ultimate Reality often cannot stop talking about it. Indeed, the art that springs forth from those that have experienced the mystical is often some of the most beautiful pieces ever created by humans. Wishing for others to see reality the same way they
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Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen you first get into learning about Buddhism, it can be overwhelming. There seems to be a lot to know, including the four noble truths, the eightfold path, the three refuges, the five aggregates, the six sensory objects, the four components of karma, the ten non-virtuous and ten virtuous actions, the three poisons, the six
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Reading Time: 5 minutesThere are a number of insightful stories in spiritual communities that involve looking at the same situation from three different perspectives. Sometimes there are three people meeting the same challenge, sometimes there is one person going through the same task three different times. Usually the first two parts of the story represent two extremes, and
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThere is a story I love that Ram Dass tells about his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, also known as Mahara-ji. If you know anything about the role a guru can play in a person’s life, you know that gurus are in touch with a profound inner knowing. They know exactly what a person needs to
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Reading Time: 8 minutesLast week, I covered five questions for re-igniting your sex life, because I love questions. I think one of the most important things we can do in our lives is pause and reflect on what really matters. For me, living a spiritual life involves deep reflection and contemplation of the universe and my role in
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