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What Happens When We Focus Only on the Light and Forget the Shadow

In short, avoiding our shadows stunts our growth toward our highest potential.

The emotional messiness we experience is often the result of emotional avoidance. The more we push away, the more they pile on top of each other.

Staying Human in the Age of AI

Yet I’m aware of the consequences of becoming dependent on AI—just as we’ve become dependent on GPS, smartphones, and Google. We slowly disable our own abilities to memorize, investigate, and problem-solve.

How I Felt When I Journeyed Through a Death Meditation

When his words guided us to visualize our bodies laying still, dying, my mind was on high alert, my emotions triggered, and I felt my body resisting his words and the experience. My mind had anticipated this dreaded moment and I was angry at its arrival, out of sheer fear of what I was going to feel next.

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Should We Continue to Hold Our Breath or Should We Learn How to Truly Breathe: An Interview with davidji

Meditation has really softened me without making me soft, in terms of my personal goals and aspirations. I don’t feel the need to be right or to convince other people to incorporate what I say into their lives.

Olivia Wu 12/17/21 Olivia Wu 12/17/21

If You Can Breathe, You Can Meditate: An Interview with Suze Yalof Schwartz

I believe teachers become teachers because they’ve got something to offer, and I get great satisfaction helping others achieve their goals. Pretty soon that ripple becomes bigger and bigger and we create a world we really want to live in.