Too Much Buddha Business
To my mind there’s something deeply immoral about a spiritual tradition reaching the West and screwing people for money.
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Author: The Tattooed Buddha
Milarepa and Buddhist Under-Achievers
I was on the point of abandoning Buddhism a few months ago. I’d hit a brick wall. Every time I sat down to meditate, I was flooded with anxiety. The mind seemed to take more pleasure in intrusive thoughts, fears I hadn’t felt for decades and an odd reluctance to even look at the cover of a book on Buddhism.
Read MoreWhen Meditation Retreats Go Wrong: Suicide, Meditation and What We Can Do (Jaqui’s Story)
Jaqui loved meditating and had been trying to get into a 10 day Goenka meditation retreat for awhile and when her name came up on the list to be able to go, she was very excited.
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Recovering from Apology: A Spiritual Awakening
I am a chronic apologizer.
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When You Were Taught to Be Small: Unlearning the Shape You Took to Survive
There is nothing wrong with you for folding in on yourself—not then, and not now. But if you feel a quiet longing to breathe deeper, speak more truth, or take up just a little more space… that longing is not selfish. It’s your aliveness calling you back.
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