Practice Right Now
Each moment of daily life is an opportunity to arrive in the present moment. Gathas are short verses that we can recite during daily activities to help us return to the ...
Be Mindful in Daily Life
Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. It is the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every moment of daily life. To be mindful ...
Practice: Childlike Sincerity
We have each had a taste of nondual consciousness: the face of our beloved, a child at play, the sound of running water, the intimacy of darkness in the middle of ...
Tonglen
Tibetan Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön shares the practice of tonglen as a way of holding suffering and awakening compassion: In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves. ...
Tonglen
Meditation: Tonglen or Giving and Receiving: A Practice of Great Mercy 1 Cultivating Mercy The practice of Tonglen or Giving and Receiving is done to develop our compassion and our ability ...
Tonglen Practice (abridged)
from “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” by Sogyal Rinpoche The Preliminary Tonglen Practice The best way to do this practice, and any practice of Tonglen, is to begin by ...
Practice: Contemplating the Cosmos
The universe is not a tragic expression of meaningless chaos, but a marvelous display of an orderly cosmos. —Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Barbara Holmes suggests that the emerging story of ...
The Welcoming Practice
The Welcoming Practice created by Mary Mrozowski (1925–1993), a spiritual teacher, mystic, and founding member of Contemplative Outreach. It is based on her personal experience of surrender as essential to transformation ...
Practice: Do No Harm
Ruth King is a Buddhist teacher and founder of Mindful Members Meditation Community in Charlotte, North Carolina. In Buddhism, mysticism is defined differently than it is in Christian context, but it ...
Whole-Body Awakening in Six Practices – Part One
Theologian Ramone Panikkar, says that Christ is “the Christian symbol for the whole of reality.” Panikkar further points out that the “whole of reality” consists of three seamlessly connected dimensions: (1) ...
Contemplative Practices & Resources
Contemplative Practices: Drumming: Practicing surrendering the mind and attuning the body through rhythm Walking Meditation: Taking slow, mindful steps Ecstatic Dance: Moving freely to music Chanting: Singing with intention Centering Prayer: ...
What Does a Spiritual Director Actually Do?
It is not unusual, when some asks me what I do, for their next question to be What is a spiritual director? or What does a spiritual director do? Not many ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Kundalini Yoga
Interested in Kundalini yoga, and want to know what it’s all about before you take a class? Here’s the primer you’re looking for. BY BRITTANY DEANDA AND TARA SCHULENBERG , APR 13, 2019 In ...
Simple is Beautiful
Simple Is Beautiful By Eknath Easwaran There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and a crowded schedule, ...