Meditation won’t solve our problems, but it can help us reach a place in our lives where we can live beyond the drama.

We often get weighed down with trials in our lives. Hesse says love is always present and possible if we look within to our ultimate calling of light and spirit.

Each moment of our lives requires a different engagement of our energy. Rather than living our lives at a continually rapid pace, our awareness of the moment can teach us when to live life slow.

Some put on a sourpuss face if you say, “mantram,” particularly when it comes to meditation. Their fear limits their understanding. The Prashna Upanishad explains (briefly) the meaning of OM.

We often make judgments about the world based on a limited perspective. Even in our current reality, we choose to take in those elements that support our beliefs. Sometimes we need to take a step back, see the forest rather than fixate on one tree.

Why pay money for classes in mindfulness when your greatest teacher is your four-legged friend? When anxiety seizes me, I look to them for advice.

It amazes me how judgmental some (not all) religious people can be. While being steadfast in keeping their traditions, they eschew other practices as “wrong.” If we experience God differently than someone else, who are we to say they are “wrong?” Is God not bigger than the framework of one religious tradition?

When someone is suffering, we often want to do something, either turn our eyes or try to “fix” them. But Henri Nouwen says caring occurs when we can be simply present with someone in their suffering.

Many are growing restless because we are not accepting what the present moment can teach us. In the past month, have you taken some time in quiet reflection? Henri Nouwen writes how destructive our lives can be without a quiet center.

Many spiritual traditions see God as One—nondual. Out of the nondual comes dualistic concepts—male/female, sun/moon, light/dark. The Prashna Upanishad describes creation, and it tells us which path is the wiser choice.