Thinking about making New Year Resolutions? You might consider making a commitment about how you want to be, besides what you want to do. Actually, it is reasonable to believe that we do things because of what we imagine we feel when we accomplish those deeds. The bad news is that we are deeply [...]
Healthy Skepticism
We know we have the right to ask questions, but we exercise that right mostly by asking questions to others and expecting answers, solutions, explanations, excuses, justifications, advice. We seldom exercise that right with ourselves. When we do it, we neglect to take the time to listen to our deeper response. We are accustomed to [...]
The Flexible Mind
French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal said about man that he is „but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.” When we consider man’s mind, we could say now that it probably is the most powerful thing in nature. However, this power can be exerted wisely only when [...]
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, [...]
What Do I Really Want?
Why are so many people unclear about what they “really” want? One reason is that the noise of the many thoughts about what you think you want prevents you from hearing what your inner voice tells you about how you wish to feel. To acquire clarity about what you really want, it helps to make [...]
Mintea Ne-limitata. O perspectiva.
O mare parte a timpului, in viata de zi cu zi, incercam sa construim, mai mult sau mai putin constient, strategii pentru a obtine ceea ce dorim si a ne feri de ceea ce ne displace. Fie ca e vorba de succes in cariera sau armonie in familie, mintea este preocupata sa gaseasca modalitati de [...]
About Mind and Life – Kopan November Course insights
Each mind has a past and a future, and no present. Each moment, your present is already past because it has turned into your future. Being mindfully aware of what happens in your inner world and in the outer world can bring satisfaction and contentment. Regardless of what you think or do, or what the [...]
About Life and Mind – Kopan November Course insights
We are a combination of change and impermanence, lacking inherent existence, ruled by the law of cause and effect, striving to be happy and to avoid being unhappy. Complicating things to suit to our view of the world as dictated by our personality is not a must. Making great plans to fulfill grand dreams, or [...]
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 [...]
