Is it possible that stress becomes a good thing?
Why is Stress Good & Bad? When you think of the word “stress,” what is your initial reaction? Many of us have mixed feelings when we think about stress, and many of us believe that we are stressed when in reality we are only experiencing a sense of too much going on at once. […]
Memoirs from my Africa Peace Summit Experience
Arriving Kenya at the Kenyatta University for the Africa Peace Summit (APS) as a first timer was impressive. From a cab driver who offered assistance at no cost to help me meet Tim to the warm organization of the APS team, I knew I was in for an experience of a lifetime. With the enthusiasm and […]
The chinese Bamboos- A story of patience and faith
An oldie but a goodie tale It is becoming common knowledge that Bamboos are some of the fastest-growing plants in the world, and are of enormous economic and cultural significance in some parts of the world due to their versatility such as being used for building materials, as a food source, and as a raw […]
Acceptance of cancer – How meditation helped
About meditation and the benefit of it, you can find a lot of texts, information, sayings and also scientific researches and it is your choice if that information will be stored it in your memory or you are going to do something with it. Perhaps you have been in near contact with someone who is practicing meditation […]
How to be proactive in making peace with the environment
The single most important social issue of our day is climate change. Desertification, receding glaciers, massive hurricanes, tsunamis – the list goes on. Our habitat is changing and we must adapt. The question is, how can we do it in a peaceful manner? If one spends any time at all listening to the stories of […]
Peace and Sustainable Development in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A successful mission
Peace is truly in jeopardy in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the country has faced severe war for years, and is currently going through a “rehabilitation” period which is a favorable period for peacebuilding initiatives. Indeed, some smart thinkers of an organization called East Eagle Foundation which is based in the Democratic Republic of […]
Recupera tu esencia
We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize […]
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
The very first time when I heard about meditation happened many years ago when I was 16. I had been introduced to the world of deeper understanding, although back then I have been too young to comprehend. I remember that I was attracted by this secret power called meditation. People who meditated seemed to be […]
After I quit my job I have found the light to guide me
It was back in the beginning of 2015 when I decided to quit my office job, which has become a routine and stopped boosting my self-development and giving me satisfaction. I realized that more than that I also needed to ‘restart the system’, in the way we restart our computers, with the only exception that […]
I just close my eyes to learn about myself
The gift of stillness continues to remind me of who I truly am. I appreciate the depth, the teaching, the encouragement and the humor that this retreat has brought me and the people…must not forget this gift.