When we understand how to feed our demon’s real need with fearless generosity, the energy tied up in our demon will tend to dissolve and become an ally.
Open Letter to Roshi Joan Halifax Dear Roshi: We met in 1997 at the Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) retreat in Santa Barbara sitting under a tree with a group of people. Maybe we will meet again in 2013 when Thay comes to Santa Cruz. You might remember me as having just been diagnose …
How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy A new book from Dr. Jerome Freedman How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is based on a nine week Zoom class I taught in early 2022 to 8-12 people, many new to mindfulness practices. The book expands on the topics covered …
“If you focus narrowly on the problem as you see it, you might well lose hope, but if you look at it from a wider perspective, it’s easier to be more positive. When I decided to leave Tibet, we set out not knowing if we’d live to see the following day – but I never gave up hope.”
– Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet House
How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy A new book from Dr. Jerome Freedman How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is based on a nine week Zoom class I taught in early 2022 to 8-12 people, many new to mindfulness practices. The book expands on the topics covered …
“In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.”
How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy A new book from Dr. Jerome Freedman How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is based on a nine week Zoom class I taught in early 2022 to 8-12 people, many new to mindfulness practices. The book expands on the topics covered …
These four questions on racial justice were pondered by three participants at the Earth Holder Retreat on Saturday, April 30 at the Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California. What are your personal connections with racial justice? Touching the mud: what are the challenges …
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”ќ
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy A new book from Dr. Jerome Freedman How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is based on a nine week Zoom class I taught in early 2022 to 8-12 people, many new to mindfulness practices. The book expands on the topics covered …
Cooking and then sharing meals made from family recipes enables a rare, wonderful joy, because–right here, right now–you’re nourishing people, caring for them with the same love that was once shown to you. How better to honor the life of my grandmother than to fill our house with the same aromas that greeted me as a child when I entered her kitchen? In this context, even food preparation feels exciting. Chopping an onion or skinning a pineapple becomes an end in itself, rather than just a means to an end.
– Simon Van Booy, Lion’s Roar
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How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy A new book from Dr. Jerome Freedman How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is based on a nine week Zoom class I taught in early 2022 to 8-12 people, many new to mindfulness practices. The book expands on the topics covered …
You have to take moments of wildness, and you have to start tracing your way back to your true self, to your true nature. And that will always be peace.
– Martha Beck, Bewildered Podcast, Ep. 1: The Happiness Imperative
How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy A new book from Dr. Jerome Freedman How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is based on a nine week Zoom class I taught in early 2022 to 8-12 people, many new to mindfulness practices. The book expands on the topics covered …
How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy A new book from Dr. Jerome Freedman How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is based on a nine week Zoom class I taught in early 2022 to 8-12 people, many new to mindfulness practices. The book expands on the topics covered …
Open Letter to Roshi Joan Halifax Dear Roshi: We met in 1997 at the Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) retreat in Santa Barbara sitting under a tree with a group of people. Maybe we will meet again in 2013 when Thay comes to Santa Cruz. You might remember me as having just been diagnose …
