My first book, to be launched at the Gaudeamus Book Fair, in Bucharest Saturday, November 26, 2011, 14.00 hrs, Editura Herald. A book of words and images about attentive presence, mindful awareness, mind-stretching exercises, creativity in daily life, visual meditations and reflection for life enhancement.
Freedom Beyond Conditions
Acceptance brings awareness and clarity. Resitance brings confusion and frustration. To accept means to simply acknowledge that things are as they are. No judgement, approval or rejection. Just pure awareness, in the moment. Remember the spaciousness of your mind, how it can embrace all that is, without being thrown off balance. Between the [...]
Moving Beyond Emotions
Emotions are really moving. Go ahead and feel the emotion… Disappointment or enthusiasm, sadness or joy, anger or love, it will move into something else. Let go of the label you have been accustomed to stick on the movement. Feel the energy, become aware of its coming and going. Be alert to the information your [...]
The Power of Balance
To be able to generate happiness, we usually need to feel secure and balanced. But how can we feel secure when we are thrown off balance, and into reactivity, by all kinds of external circumstances and internal mind events, whether we interpret them as positive or negative? At one moment we are on top [...]
Trust Yourself
In our Western world, stable self-confidence and an adequate self-esteem are highly praised as neccessary ingredients for a successful and fulfilled life. What if these ‘qualities’ are in fact obstacles we need to overcome on our way to acquiring a content, satisfied and happy mind? Both self-confidence and self-esteem imply duality and comparison to others, [...]
Medicamentul Numit Minte
De cele mai multe ori, atat printre oameni de stiinta cat si printre cei care sustin caile spirituale, efectul placebo este privit ca si “un copil vitreg”. Cei “favoriti” – medicamentele, traditiile spirituale sau religioase – obtureaza parca perspectiva integratoare care ar putea aduce mai eficient beneficii, atat individului cat si comunitatii umane din care [...]
Informational Straight Jackets
Life circumstances have taught many adults to hide emotions and reject playfulness, to seek order and predictability, to value success and frown at failure, to be on guard when connecting to others and to stick to what is known instead of opening for change. Many have learned to just „be productive” – at work, at [...]
Self-Motivation for Optimal Performance (2)
A key to self-motivation is skillful “wish management”. You might have noticed that when you a strong wish towards something you feel ‘motivated’ to do. If you don’t have the wish, the motivation feeling is absent and you might even feel unmotivated. Wish production is one of the ‘jobs’ of our mind/brain-body. Wishes appear ‘out [...]
Self-Motivation for Optimal Performance (1)
What drives you to do your best work? A bonus, a better offce, a promotion, or… In a recent issue of ‘Scientific American’ I read a review of the book “Drive – The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us”, by bestselling author Daniel H. Pink. A former White House speechwriter, Daniel Pink has written on [...]
The Resonance Mind Trick
Recently, I heard myself saying to a friend, whom I very much admire, that I don’t resonate with his idea. I had the chance to feel the subtle taste of elegant disapproval, and that my mind was tricking me into believing that I was not judgemental towards my friend, but simply “not resonating” to what [...]
