Should Christian Porter meditate?

Should Christian Porter meditate?

  With the recent Four Corners expose on the private lives of Christian Porter and Alan Tudge I thought I would weigh in on the argument from a skillful MIND perspective. Should these two men be vilified for their choices on having affairs in their private life...
Making your wishes come true while you sleep

Making your wishes come true while you sleep

  By becoming more mindful, it is possible to make all your wishes come true while you are asleep. As you progress on the path of meditation, the mindfulness you acquire doesn’t just operate when you’re awake but it remains with you even when you’re asleep. The...
Acceptance as mindfulness

Acceptance as mindfulness

  Mindfulness is one of the most valuable tools we have at our disposal to boost our emotional, spiritual and physical health. However, being mindful is not enough! We can often question the power of mindfulness because we think simply knowing what our thoughts...
How the mind works

How the mind works

  If we analyze the way our mind works, we can observe that all our negative emotions are linked, in some way, to a state of clinging. This can either be clinging to a particular experience (attachment) or clinging to the absence of an experience (aversion).  In...
Patterns of Negative Emotion

Patterns of Negative Emotion

  One of the primary goals of meditation is to help us get rid of negative emotions. In order to do this effectively, the first step is to properly understand negative emotions. We need to look into where they come from, why they stay with us and how we can use...
What is suffering?

What is suffering?

  Recently I have spoken about what happiness is, and this week I want to talk about the other side – suffering. This subject touches on one of the lessons in our Leaders Program and here I can give you a little taste of it!  Click the video link above to...