Lesson 4: Want, Work and Relax

Me in Mexico

The monks will tell you that it is necessary to grow out of being a slave of your desires. They eat for the sole purpose of feeding their bodies. And that’s right for them, because they choose to live happily with that premise. For other people who are not monks, desires are part of our […]

Lesson 3: Better to Ask for Forgiveness Than for Permission?

The Jaipur Trip

This quote is from a mentor I had years ago. He was the CEO of a big company who always wanted to share with the youth his secrets to enjoy life. I remember he had a big room in the house of his foundation and he call it: “Think Tank”.

Lesson 2: Receive “the Present” of Each Day

Me, meditating in the Mooktawan Sanctuary

We heard a lot in conferences, quotes, Facebook images that we have to enjoy each day, but from my experience actually doing it is quite difficult. As my master LP John from Peace Revolution said: “Is easy, if you make it easy.”

Lesson 1: Never Stop Dreaming

Never Stop Dreaming Peace Revolution

Sometimes while growing up, our parents, our teachers, our friends try to affect our own dreams. Most of the time they want the best for us, but as we discover in our life paths, only us can determine what is the best for each one of us.

Five Lessons to Enjoy Your Life

View from the Meditation Retreat in Thailand

Since I was a child I have always had the biggest dreams. I remember drawing dinosaurs and creating stories during class. It as all about a group of adventurers discovering new worlds. Our ship transformed into a submarine and allowed us to find new creatures.

MENA Youth, it’s time for a New Revolution, a Peace Revolution

The PEACE REVOLUTION MENA Salam Fellowship will take place in Turkey, 13-17 March 2015. The leitmotif of this second edition? MENA Salam Fellowship: Towards a New Peaceful Coexistence. 40 young leaders from Middle East and North Africa will gather to inspire each other and exchange best practices on building a sustainable peaceful coexistence in the […]

Healthy Vegan “Mousse au Chocolat” for Breakfast

Vegan Mousse au Chocolat

Yes, I know, you may say it is a dessert… Well, while enjoying fruits for breakfast or before a meal, we can find a much more creative way to savour these fruits, adding our favourite tiny pleasure, chocolate or cocoa. Eating fruits before your meal helps to sustain a healthy diet, but also helps your […]

Meditation: the Ancient Medicine of the Future

Meditation retreat Mooktawan Thailand

It’s certainly not a coincidence that both the words ‘medicine’ and ‘meditation’ come from the same etymological root: the Greek prefix “med”, which alludes to a medium point in between two opposites or, in other words, to that subtle state of balance we hear so much about in health blogs and yoga lessons but rarely […]