Question: Is it possible to have a friendship with the ego? Or a friendship between the false “I” and the real “I”? Eckhart Tolle: The ego, in the way I use the term, isn’t really the ego if you recognize it. In other words, if the ego is operating in you, you won’t even know
There is one topic that nearly all of my students wish to avoid, money. For some reason, many of us want to avoid money like the plague. Unfortunately, I was one of those people. I grew up in an environment where you heard things like, “Money is the root of all evil”, “People who have
Far too often we look for complicated answers when simple ones will suffice. Since the beginning of the new year we’ve discussed devotion to a practice, exercise, eating habits and affirmations and how they help create the causes and conditions for a peaceful mind. Today we will look at how the state and energy of
Think about the odd experience of being born. From nowhere, *poof* we are here. And, we have no idea where we have come from or where we are going after this experience. We are just here. We are very much aware we are here but we have no idea what here is and even what
A fundamental part of our weekly Satsang is to constantly be looking at what creates the causes and conditions for a peaceful mind and joyful life and what doesn’t. At or very near the top of the list should be food. The food we eat does not simply go through us, it becomes us. As
“Regular exercise changes the brain to improve memory, thinking skills.” There are plenty of good reasons to be physically active. Big ones include reducing the odds of developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Maybe you want to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, prevent depression, or just look better. Here’s another one, which especially applies
We all want a peaceful mind and a happy life yet most of use are not exactly sure what that means. Is it a new house, car, spouse, money? We’ve had some or all of those things and we realize that the satisfaction from them is fleeting at best. Through our teachings at The Peaceful
We’ve spoken recently about ignorance. Ignorance, simply put, is a lack of knowledge or understanding. We come to Satsang for understanding. One of the most interesting oversights I’ve encountered with students is an oversight of something fairly obvious when pointed out – the importance of our body and mind’s chemistry. Our brain and body are
Last week spoke about the Second Noble Truth – Suffering has causes. The causes for suffering are craving, wanting and ignorance. Generally, cravings are for sense pleasures that are only momentarily satisfied. Then the craving returns and along with it the suffering. It’s never satisfied. Wanting, we know from several past Satsang’s, always causes suffering.
After the Buddha learned that suffering is a part of life, he realized he could not find a way to end suffering without finding out what causes it. Buddhists study that the Buddha learned this just like a doctor learns about what’s wrong with his patient by listing their symptoms, finding out what makes them