Blissful Beyond Happiness
Meditation is for You Why do you want to stay in a state of suffering if through meditation you can get out of it? Why do you want to experience the ups and downs in your moods (which are merely thoughts), if you can go beyond them through meditation? Who creates our positive and negative […]
Is Happiness a Worthwhile Goal?
This is an excellent question that was posted on Good Life Zen: Is Happiness a Worthwhile Goal? It was surprising to me to see that no one of the readers discussed in the comments meditation as a tool to reach a state beyond the dualities of life (happy & sad, warm & cold, hungry & full, etc.), a state of eternal […]
The Bindu for Meditation
My art is about the bindu or dot. The bindu is the central focal point of a yantra like the Sri Yantra that is used for Sri Vidya Puja at Vedic temples. The bindu is created in black, perfect for meditation. It sucks the meditator right in like a black hole especially when the dot […]
Journey to the Source
The greatest adventure to be explored is the journey to the Source. Source is bliss, source is peace. Peace is freedom from the clutches of your mind. How does the Mind work? The mind creates pleasure and pain shafts connecting associated thoughts. Thoughts of joy and happiness create joyful, happy shafts. Thoughts of fear, anger […]
Meditation to Quiet your Inner Critic
Recently, I blogged about quieting your inner critic. It’s that little voice inside your head that tells you that you aren’t good enough, attractive enough or successful enough. Thankfully, we can use our Yogic tools and the 8 Limbs of Yoga to stop these false messages and enjoy the confidence we deserve. One of our strongest Yogic tools […]