You set your timer for ten minutes, lower yourself onto your meditation cushion with good intentions, close your eyes, and within thirty seconds your leg starts tingling, your back begins aching, your mind races through tomorrow’s to-do list, and an overwhelming urge to jump up and do literally anything else consumes you, making you wonder … Read more
Walking through a Buddhist temple in Thailand, you notice the spiral patterns carved into ancient stone, and something about these shapes feels strangely familiar despite this being your first visit to Southeast Asia. Later, examining Celtic manuscripts in an Irish monastery, you encounter remarkably similar spiral motifs, and then discover these same patterns in Native … Read more
Consider how spending just three minutes each morning sitting quietly with a cup of tea while watching dawn light gradually illuminate your kitchen, breathing consciously and setting a simple intention for the day ahead, seems almost laughably insignificant compared to the massive life changes you hope to achieve through spiritual growth, yet after maintaining this … Read more
Imagine walking into your home after a stressful day at work, feeling scattered and overwhelmed by the endless demands pulling your attention in countless directions, when you notice the small intentional space you created in the corner of your bedroom where a simple arrangement of meaningful objects rests on a wooden shelf, and just seeing … Read more