How meditation helped me fight insomnia and anxiety
It was when I started working in the government (after more than 5 years of working in different private companies) that I got to realize that it is not about the amount of work that made me anxious. Instead, it is my way of dealing with it. In this article, you will learn ways that […]
What I Learnt From An Unhappy Man
I once knew a man, aged 90. He was always unhappy. The sun was shining – too hot; it was raining – horrible; a cloudy day – what a pity there was no sun. He had an unbelievable talent to find something bad about every single situation. And to make himself even more unhappy. The man had […]
How meditation can help when going through changes
Many believe success in meditation means to be able to stop the mind completely and replace the wandering thoughts with a peace of mind. As a consequence, someone may feel discouraged if they experience thinking or anything else but a calm mind. What is meditation and how can it help us deal with the changes […]
Why being enough is the true meaning of life
Many people sometimes feel that they are not enough. I am not an exception. There are days when I feel I could do better, I could say something better or not doing anything at all would have been the best option. Why? Why are people so strict with themselves? Why put unnecessary pressure for different […]
Speaking the Truth in a World that Celebrates Popular Opinion
The advent of social media has hastened the process of the world becoming a global village. People all over the world are more connected than they have ever been. People increasingly relate with and understand each other because social and cultural boundaries have been broken. In this context, truth has come to mean what the […]
No caminho do autoconhecimento
O Autoconhecimento é um caminho de introspecção. Não há descoberta sem mergulho para dentro de ti. Cada um se conhece de forma diferente. O caminho do autoconhecimento é introspectivo e peculiar. É um processo de investigação crítica e analítica sobre si mesmo. Algumas pessoas vêem o autoconhecimento como uma proposta individual de desenvolvimento pessoal. Na […]
On the path to self-knowledge
Self-knowledge is a path of introspection; it is a process of critical and analytical investigation of oneself. There is no discovery without diving into oneself. Hence, the path of self-knowledge is introspective and peculiar. The modernity offers several promises of “magic” tools for personal discovery and development. Understand that we are a part of a Gestalt, being […]
Letting Go: walk with a free state of mind
Many people walk around with burdens that make it hard to move freely. An airplane can’t take flight if too much luggage is on board. That’s why there are weight limitations to what we can bring. Some of us want to spread our wings but keep ourselves grounded. Our brain works the same way. We […]
A psychological view of karma – part 3: Mental states
As we saw in A psychological view of karma (part 2), karma – which literally means ‘action’, but refers specifically to an intention or mental action – influences our life by creating mental tendencies that will affect the way we experience our life in the future. For example, if I act out of greed, in […]
A psychological view of karma – part 2: Karmic effects
As explained in a psychological view of karma (part 1), the Buddhist understanding of karmic actions entails some sort of intention. Therefore, as frequently misunderstood, our karma has more to do with the consequence of our past intentions than the result of our past deeds. But what about our karmic ‘effects’? Can an intention make us […]