Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention ( Read more... )

So the above is the synopsis of my life currently. Things are pretty dharma packed these days between the self-mastery groups I am running at juvie and yoga school ( Read more... )

So today was my first day of school, and I have to say that it was great. Keith is an ex university professor and it showed. We have allot of reading and practice homework already. We also have a mid-term and a final. He is pretty adamant about learning the material which is great ( Read more... )

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Things are going pretty well these days. I have been running several mind body awareness groups in the detention center. The kids have taken to it very well. They are actually practicing the meditations that we are teaching, and journaling in their ..journals ( Read more... )

"Power does not make someone a god, nor does great power entitle anyone to be worshipped; rather, the way they use great power is the measure of how they should be revered." Wikipedia

"Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one ( Read more... )

* Do not believe in anything (simply) because you have heard it ( Read more... )

"The mountains and rivers of this moment are the actualization of the way of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its own phenomenal expression, realizes completeness. Because mountains and waters have been active since before the eon of emptiness, they are alive at this moment. Because they have been the self since before form arose, they are ( Read more... )