Being meditative is more than sitting in the lotus position.
Listen to Part 2 of Paul’s conversation with Tokyo-based British musician and photographer Morgan Fisher. They talk about Morgan’s spiritual journey in India, touring with Queen and recording with Yoko Ono, his current music and photography work.
Read MoreDuring this 2.5 minute audio excerpt from an hour-long radio interview, Zen Buddhist priest Rev. Taka Kawakami explains how life is in the present moment.
He says that people often get excited thinking about the future. We think that we will be superhuman tomorrow, but that we are only regular today. So we put things off. With that attitude, we let life slip past us.
Read MoreDuring this two-minute audio excerpt from an hour-long radio interview, Zen Buddhist priest Rev. Taka Kawakami explains how meditation can be mind training, and how to simply meditate.
He says that you should just sit up straight and feel your breathing. It might help to have longer inhales and exhales. He suggests breathing in for a count of five and exhaling for a count of ten.
Read MoreIn a two-minute excerpt from an hour-long radio interview, Zen Buddhist priest Rev. Taka Kawakami talks a good approach to meditation. Instead of using meditation to achieve something or solve an issue, it is better to simply observe from a non-subjective point of view.
Read MoreZen is not a brand. It is a Buddhist religion and the word literally means “seated meditation.”
Listen in to this interesting and lighthearted interview with Rev. Takafumi Kawakami of Shunkoin Zen Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
Paul and Taka talk about the common misconceptions about Zen and Buddhism in the West, as well as about meditation, mindfulness, living life better and Captain Kirk.
And -- no -- there is really is no such thing as Zen massage, Zen yoga or Zen hamburgers. That is just marketing silliness.
Read MoreTake a break from thinking for a little bit today.
We are taught that thinking is good and that we can solve all of our problems by thinking about them. To be thoughtless is considered to be an insult.
Yet, we can get lost in our thoughts. Often, the same thoughts go around and around, and make us crazy. Sometimes we think we know everything.
For today, lets try something different. Instead of trying to bend the world to fit our thoughts, let try to just be. Empty yourself of thoughts through simple meditation.
Read MoreKevin has many years of experience of bringing together psychology and spirituality and helping all kinds of people to enrich their personal and work lives. Based in Hove, England, he has a gift for clear seeing and is known for his warm, peaceful nature and inspiring approach.
We talked about getting how getting in alignment with our inner nature can transform your life. This can be done in simple, practical ways.
(This is a new recording with improved audio quality and without the jarring bell at the end. Thanks to everyone for their feedback. Life is about progress, not perfection, right?)
Feel calm, centered and energized with the Chakra Meditation.
Listen to this sixteen minute guided meditation in the audio player, or download it to your phone or other device. Click "Read More" below. The audio player at the bottom of the page, with the download button on the right hand side.
You will be guided to open and activate your chakras (energy centers of your body) and then sit in silence.
Read MoreFeel calm, centered and energized with the Chakra Meditation.
Listen to this fifteen minute guided meditation in the audio player below, or download it to your phone or other device. Simply click "Download" on the right hand side of the audio player.
You will be guided to open and activate your chakras (energy centers of your body) and then sit in silence.
Read More“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today, I would like to teach you a very simple and powerful meditation you can do to empower yourself. It is called the Diamond Heart Meditation. With this meditation, you will consciously share the love in your heart with everyone and everything.
This is a very powerful meditation that can change your life. It will show you that you have an unlimited power source from within yourself. By sharing this love energy, your vibes will be tuned higher and your energy will shift. You will become brighter and your darkness will melt away.
Read MoreIn today's short video, I read Chinese Taoist Loy Ching Yuen's suggestions about how to live quietly and modestly within the cycles of life and nature.
Read MoreMeditation is an excellent tool to transform your life. Paul Crouse discusses seven steps to create and maintain a simple and effective daily meditation practice.
Read MoreFew of us have ever been taught how to deal with our feelings in a healthy way. In today’s video, I going to talk about how meditation can be a tool to help you do just that. Feel your feelings, let them flow then let them go.
Read MoreYour life is the intersection of your soul and your body in the present moment.
Mediation is an excellent way to train yourself live in the now.
Today, I will talk about meditation and living in the present; how to do it and why you should.
In this post, the ancient Chinese Zen writer Hush-yen talks about three qualities needed to for the Buddhist path: discipline, concentration and insight. He shows how each of these qualities by themselves is a dead end, but used together are the keys for controlling your mind.
This is a wonderful explanation of how to find balance in our meditation practice, and in our lives.
Meditation is a powerful tool to help you improve your life. To use this tool, you need to learn some new skills. Once you learn these skills, you can apply them in your daily life. Today, I am going to talk about the skill I call Buddhist detachment.
Read MoreToday, I will discuss how to overcome external challenges to the habit of meditation. These have mostly to do with logistics. With a special guest appearance by my favorite guru, Puppetji!
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