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What is it we're so busy with, exactly? For many of us, it's working to pay for the fancy diploma, the new car, the bigger house, the exotic vacation. - Thich Nhat Hanh
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Buddha always tried to teach in a way that would help people to be happier and more skillful and to suffer less. - Eric K. Van Horn
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To be one’s own mainstay is to be one’s own self-help. Teaching us to do that is the Buddha’s ultimate gift. - Mary Talbot
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Avoid harm, act with integrity. The best of your humanity can make itself known in your difficulties. - Jack Kornfield
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All the world loves an infant. But as we age, the number of lovers we have dwindles. Our journey towards death, punctuated by birthdays, is a preparation for solitude. - Sumana Roy
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Yet another fascinating study reveals that meditation is very very good for reducing stress and that reduction shows up in your hair.
Using hair cortisol to understand stress response changes over time, alongside self-reported measures, the study found that daily meditation began to reduce chemical stress levels after around three months, achieving the most significant changes by month six. On average, the participants saw a drop of about 25 percent.
Most meditation-based studies use an 8 to 12-week training program for their participants. In contrast, this research suggests that chronic or long-term stress only starts to decrease at the three-month mark.
(read more at www.msn.en-us/health/wellness)
Using hair cortisol to understand stress response changes over time, alongside self-reported measures, the study found that daily meditation began to reduce chemical stress levels after around three months, achieving the most significant changes by month six. On average, the participants saw a drop of about 25 percent.
Most meditation-based studies use an 8 to 12-week training program for their participants. In contrast, this research suggests that chronic or long-term stress only starts to decrease at the three-month mark.
(read more at www.msn.en-us/health/wellness)
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Meditation retreats are a form of temporary monastic renunciation. - Gil Fronsdal
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Self-improvement is an honorable pursuit and more people should be aware of their weaknesses and limitation taking necessary steps for correction. However, self-improvement can quickly merge into desires and desires are endless. Too many people suffer not from lack but from too much. There are too many vehicles, too much food being consumed and wasted, too many purchases made, many of which end up in landfills. Desires, characterized by grasping for more and more, are not only endless but leave us overwhelmed and depleted. Too much use of social media is one glaring example. Examine your self-improvement style to be certain it’s not deepening desire and craving.
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Giving up anything is anathema to most Westerners. - Joan Duncan Oliver
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As we travel the journey of life, we are bound to encounter darkness and many unexpected difficulties. However, darkness is not eternal and difficulties are sure to be overcome in the end. Yin Shun