A Taoist Master Explains the Difference Between Religion and Individual Spiritual Cultivation
Dylan Charles – What if people had a real plan for spiritual cultivation rather than a belief system?
TAG: inner peace
The Coronavirus – Containing Pandemic Fear
Dylan Charles – Allowing the mind to indulge in fear is a forfeiture of inner peace and quite literally dangerous at a time like this.
Shenpa and the Tibetan Art of Not Getting Hooked
Azriel ReShel – We all experience shenpa. It’s at the root of our escapism from our own suffering.
How to Stay Calm Like a Navy Seal
Christina Sarich – A stealth technique for achieving inner peace.
Freedom from Within
Kingsley L. Dennis – We must choose our freedom from within.
The Uncertainty of the Now
Amy Lansky – Living one’s life in a constant state of fear and negativity merely perpetuates the problems we face today.
7 Key Principles to Attaining Inner Peace
Brandon West – Inner peace is within you, and it is realized by looking within.
3 Reasons to Meditate
Dallas Brown, The Chopra Center Waking Times The reasons we meditate are as varied as the many ways there are to meditate. In the West, most people are drawn to meditation to quiet the internal chatter of the brain and to reduce stress. Meditation is, indeed, a very effective stress reducer, but its benefits—sometimes mysteriously …
Why Forgiveness is Power
Luminita Saviuc, Purpose Fairy Waking Times “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” ~ Robert Muller Do you consider yourself to be a forgiving or resentful person? If somebody has hurt you in the past or did something to make you suffer, would you hold …
Tripping the Switch Fantastic
Julian Wash, Contributor Waking Times Dear Humans, Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human condition that can toggle between the worlds of internal and external experience. This “switch” enables us to compare and contrast what we hold to be true against the perceptions and opinions of others. This handy …
5 Ways to Cultivate Enlightenment
Barbara-Lynn Freed, Contributor Waking Times 1. The Benefits of Personal Responsibility Accepting responsibility for your life can be profoundly transformational, as it enables you to live consciously and be in charge of everything that happens to you. The keys to this enlightened way of life are through self-examination with a commitment to change. When you …
When Knowing Is Available, Who is going To Believe?
Osho Waking Times Science should open the doors of devices that religions have been keeping closed. There is a vast universe outside you – it is infinite. You can go on and on exploring it, there is no end. But there is a bigger universe within you, and so close – just within you! And …
We Have it Within Ourselves to Raise our Conscious Level and That of Humanity
Belsebuub, Guest Waking Times Observing the inner and outer worldWe should take the time to know how we respond inwardly to life, because by changing ourselves and allowing consciousness to shine, we change not only our own lives but those of others around us, and, if enough people raise their conscious level, we can bring …
Inner Peace and the Awareness of the Present Moment
Belsebuub, Guest Waking Times Simply by perceiving the moment we can feel the beauty that emanates from consciousness, as inner peace is a quality of consciousness. If we perceive the whole we can be aware not only of the world we are in at that moment, but also our thoughts, feelings and emotions, and by …
Why Enlightenment Takes Time
Belsebuub, Guest Waking Times Enlightenment means different things to different people; most of us have different versions of what it is and how it occurs. In some descriptions it happens in an instant, perhaps as a realization of something, or as a result of doing a certain practice, or by a divine intervention. What the term …
The Four Agreements – A Path to a Peaceful, Fulfilling Life
The Toltec code of conduct is now available to the world in a little book called The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz which could transform your life.
Love Without Expectation
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” ~ Lao Tzu On our paths we often encounter friends, lovers, even enemies that we want to offer affection or tenderness, but is it true love we really give them? Is it true compassion, acceptance of …
Inner Security is What We’re Going For Here
Ida Lawrence, Contributor Waking Times Have you claimed the authority to take a seat within your inner self and be that which you are? Inner security is what we’re going for here, and to get to the inner, we’ll need to start with outer security, move on through insecurity, and arrive at inner security. I …
Walking A Labyrinth – Discovering Our Sacred Inner Peace
The Shaman’s Well Waking Times Walking a Labyrinth can be a beautiful healing journey bringing great insight for you around a particular issue or about your life. Catalyst magazine will start us off on our look at what a labyrinth experience is like: A maze is a puzzle to be solved, defined by ambiguity, blind …
The Age of Synthesis: How Everything Is Blending, Fusing and Transcending Duality
Corinne McLaughlin with Gordon Davidson, Guests Waking Times Excerpt from The Practical Visionary Today many disparate things are blending, fusing and synthesizing. Nothing seems as separate as it did in past times—races, religions, cultures, nations, genders, styles. The walls between opposites are beginning to dissolve, and dualities are transforming into a higher synthesis. The cutting …