Dharma comics July
By Geneen Roth When I was younger (well, really, until two years ago) the ordinary sounded boring. Just the word “ordinary” made me feel cranky, as if I was being sentenced to a lifetime of wearing faded brown muumuu’s that could fit my aunt Lucy, my cousin Poppy, and me. I wanted big success, big […]
By Susan Stiffelman Not long ago, I delivered a presentation to a group of parents in Los Angeles. At the end, a mother posed this question: “How can I get my five and six year old children to care more about time when I’m trying to get them out the door for school?” My answer […]
By Eckhart Tolle In ordinary unconsciousness, habitual resistance to or denial of what is creates the unease and discontent that most people accept as normal living. When this resistance becomes intensified through some challenge or threat to the ego, it brings up intense negativity such as anger, acute fear, aggression, depression, and so on. Deep […]
By Steve Taylor When a mist of multiplying thoughts fills your mind associations spinning endlessly images jostling and memories whirling free-falling through your inner space you can always bring yourself back to now. This morning, making breakfast for the kids I catch myself daydreaming and with a gentle mental nudge Remind myself of where […]